Comparison of leaf area density measured by laser range finder and stratified clipping method

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-510

  Takeda, T ^a   Oguma, H ^a   Yone, Y ^b   Yamagata, Y ^a   Fujinuma, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese larch; Laser range finder; Leaf area density; Specific leaf area; Stratified clipping method

Indexed keywords

LARIX; PSEUDOLARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 31544436087     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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