Applicability of non-destructive substitutes for leaf area in different stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) focusing on traditional forest crown measures

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1498-1506

  Laubhann, Daniel ^a   Eckmüllner, Otto ^a   Sterba, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Crown projection area; Crown surface area; Leaf area; Norway spruce; Thinning treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE; CROWN SURFACE AREA; LEAF AREA; NORWAY SPRUCE; PROJECTION AREA; THINNING TREATMENT;

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SURFACE TESTING;

AGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA; MODEL TEST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THINNING;

AGE; AREA; FORESTRY; PICEA ABIES; THINNING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77957000364     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.048     Document Type: Article

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