Inversion of gap frequency data in forest stands

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 1999, Pages 437-448

  Nilson, T ^a  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Coniferous forest; Gap frequency; Inversion; Leaf and needle area indices

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST CANOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033621441     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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