A comparison of five indirect methods for characterizing the light environment in a tropical forest

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 877-891

  Ferment, Anne ^a   Picard, Nicolas ^a   Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^a   Baraloto, Christopher ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazo paper; Hemispherical photography; Leaf area index; Light measure; Seedling; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0035665414     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2001171     Document Type: Article

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