Modeling leaf area index from litter collection and tree data in a deciduous broadleaf forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1016-1022

  Ishihara, Masae Iwamoto ^a   Hiura, Tsutom ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Leaf mass per unit leaf area; Litter traps; Spatial variability; Stem basal area

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; LITTER; LITTERFALL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREE;

EID: 79955627402     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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