Identifying spatial patterns in the tropical rain forest structure using hemispherical photographs

Plant Ecology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-244

  Trichon, Valérie ^a   Walter, Jean Michel N ^b   Laumonier, Yves ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Manggala Wanabakti Building ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Forest dynamics; Forest typology; Plant area index; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031683429     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009712925343     Document Type: Article

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