A quantitative technique for the identification of canopy stratification in tropical and temperate forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Baker, Patrick J ^a   Wilson, Jeremy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Canopy layers; Crown stratification; Profile diagrams; Temperate forests; Tree crowns; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0034159962     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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