Incorporating 2D tree-ring data in 3D laser scans of coarse-root systems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-187

  Wagner, Bettina ^a,b   Gärtner, Holger ^a   Ingensand, Hilmar ^b   Santini, Silvia ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Laser scanning; Root modeling; Tree rings; Tree roots

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; DATA SET; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH MODELING; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; TREE RING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77955841935     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0370-x     Document Type: Article

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