The effect of thinning intensity on the below-canopy light environment in a Sitka spruce plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 341-349

  Hale, Sophie E ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal area; Continuous cover forestry; Hemispherical photography; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTOGRAPHY;

STAND DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0038383030     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00540-6     Document Type: Article

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