The geometry of the canopy of a dipterocarp rain forest in Sumatra

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 99-115

  Walter, Jean Michel N ^a,b   Torquebiau, Emmanuel F ^a,c  

^a BIOTROP   (Indonesia)

^b URA 95 CNRS   (France)

^c Ctr Intl pour Rech Agric O   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CANOPY GEOMETRY; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPH; RAINFOREST;

INDONESIA, SUMATRA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

EID: 0030864120     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02419-7     Document Type: Article

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