Indirect measurement of leaf area index in sagebrush-steppe rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-212

  Finzel, Julie A ^a   Seyfried, Mark S ^b   Weltz, Mark A ^a   Kiniry, James R ^a   Johnq son, Mari Vaughn V ^c   Launchbaugh, Karen L ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

ceptometer; gap intercept; LAI; point frame; quadrat; shrubs

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RANGELAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRUB; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER;

PULLMAN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84858984003     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00069.1     Document Type: Article

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