Spatial and temporal variability of canopy structure in a tropical moist forest

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 235-244

  Wirth, Rainer ^a   Weber, Bettina ^a   Ryel, Ronald J ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; LAI; Leaf angles; Leaf area index; Light climate; Relative irradiance; Seasonality; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

EID: 0035665966     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(01)01123-7     Document Type: Article

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