Forest canopy research: Sampling problems, and some solutions

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 23-38

  Barker, Martin G ^a   Pinard, Michelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy access; Replication; Research methodology; Sample; Tree crowns

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANOPY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOREST; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0034817046     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017584130692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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