Estimating leaf area index of mature temperate forests using regressions on site and vegetation data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-610

  Schleppi, Patrick ^a   Thimonier, Anne ^a   Walthert, Lorenz ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digital hemispherical photography; LAI; Modelling; Switzerland; Temperate forests; Vegetation surveys; Water availability

Indexed keywords

HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; LAI; MODELLING; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATE FORESTS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVEYS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIGITAL IMAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HERB; LEAF AREA INDEX; MIXED FOREST; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUB; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; SWITZERLAND; WATER SUPPLY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78651234728     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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