Evaluation of four methods for estimating leaf area of isolated trees

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Peper, Paula J ^a,b   McPherson, E Gregory ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital images; Digital photography; Hemispheric photography; Plant canopy analyzer; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

PLATANUS RACEMOSA; PLATANUS X ACERIFOLIA;

EID: 10844290487     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1618-8667-00020     Document Type: Article

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