Leaf area index estimates obtained for clumped canopies using hemispherical photography

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 243-257

  Van Gardingen, P R ^a   Jackson, G E ^a   Hernandez Daumas, S ^a   Russell, G ^a   Sharp, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clumped canopies; Hemispherical photography; Image analysis; Leaf area index

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; IMAGERY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033519230     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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