Assessing forest canopies and understorey illumination: Canopy closure, canopy cover and other measures

Forestry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-73

  Jennings, S B ^a   Brown, N D ^a   Sheil, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FOREST CANOPY; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0033019629     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/72.1.59     Document Type: Article

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