Leaf area index from litter collection: Impact of specific leaf area variability within a beech stand

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-380

  Bouriaud, O ^a   Soudani, K ^b   Breda N ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

LEAF AREA VARIABILITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0142030615     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m03-010     Document Type: Article

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