A new calculation method to estimate forest gap size

Frontiers of Forestry in China

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Zhu, Jiaojun ^a   Hu, Lile ^a,b   Yan, Qiaoling ^a   Sun, Yirong ^a   Zhang, Jinxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Elliptic sector; Gap size; Measurement methods; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349841197     PISSN: 16733517     EISSN: 16733630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11461-009-0048-9     Document Type: Article

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