The computation of foliage clumping index using hemispherical photography

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1781-1787

  Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Pellikka, Petri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clumping index; Forest; Hemispherical photography; Leaf area index

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67949095742     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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