Gap size measurement: The proposal of a new field method

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 413-419

  Ferreira De Lima, Renato A ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rain forest; Canopy gaps; Methods of measurement; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; RAIN; TROPICS;

FOREST DYNAMICS; GAP FORMATION; GAP SIZE MEASUREMENT; OLD-GROWTH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

GAP DYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; RAIN;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 21444446190     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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