Ground-based estimation of leaf area index and vertical distribution of leaf area density in a betula ermanii forest

Silva Fennica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 799-816

  Sumida, Akihiro ^a   Nakai, Taro ^b   Yamada, Masahito ^c   Ono, Kiyomi ^a   Uemura, Shigeru ^a   Hara, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c International Meteorological and Oceanographic Consultants Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Betula ermanii; LAI; Leaf area density; Leaf inclination angle; MacArthur Horn method; Pipe model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; RANGE FINDERS;

ALLOMETRY; BETULA ERMANII; INCLINATION ANGLES; LEAF AREA; MACARTHUR-HORN METHOD; PIPE MODELS;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; CANOPY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANGLES; BETULA ERMANII; DENSITY; ESTIMATION; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; PIPING;

BETULA ERMANII;

EID: 74849103414     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.174     Document Type: Article

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