Improving gap light index (GLI) to quickly calculate gap coordinates

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2337-2347

  Hu, Lile ^a,b   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CANOPY GAPS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

CANOPY; GAP DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPH; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 51649113441     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-073     Document Type: Article

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