Equiangular elliptic sector method, an improved approach to estimate forest gap size

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 455-460

  Hu, Li Le ^a,b   Zhu, Jiao Jun ^a   Tan, Hui ^a,b   Yu, Li Zhong ^a   Hu, Zhi Bin ^a,b   Zhang, Jin Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Ellipse sector; Expanded gap; Forest recycle; Gap aperture; Gap shape; Gap size

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CANOPY GAP; ELLIPSE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; GIS; POLYGON;

EID: 34248341887     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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