Three-dimensional canopy structure of an old-growth Douglas-fir forest

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 376-386

  Song, Bo ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^b   Silbernagel, Janet ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy opening; GIS; Ripley's K analysis; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY MODELING; CANOPY STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 3543018548     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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