Evaluation of methods to estimate foliage density in the understorey of a tropical evergreen forest

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 508-515

  Jain, Manjari ^a   Kuriakose, Giby ^a,b   Balakrishnan, Rohini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Foliage density; Forest structure; Leaf area index; Point quadrat; Western ghats.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953327427     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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