Estimation of crown radii and crown projection area from stem size and tree position

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 393-402

  Grote, Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crown projection area; Crown radii; Fagus sylvatica; Mixed forests; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIXED FOREST;

ABIES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0142071822     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003031     Document Type: Article

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