Optical stratification porosity as a measure of vertical canopy structure in a Japanese coastal forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 89-104

  Zhu, J J ^a,b   Matsuzaki, T ^b   Gonda, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese coastal forest; Optical stratification porosity; Stratified canopies; Thinning regimes; Vertical forest structure

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; POROSITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANOPY STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; POROSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0242501549     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00813-1     Document Type: Article

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