Impact of firewood extraction on leaf area index and canopy openness in mixed pine-oak forests in northeast Mexico

Forstarchiv

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Tagle, Marco Aurelio González ^a   Pérez, Javier Jiménez ^a   Himmelsbach, Wibke ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Firewood extraction; Hemispherical photographs; Pinus pseudostrobus; Quercus sp.; Sierra Madre Oriental

Indexed keywords

PINUS PSEUDOSTROBUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 84859029491     PISSN: 03004112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0300-4112-81-20     Document Type: Article

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