Comparison of direct and indirect leaf area index measurements of Pinus radiata D. Don

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-119

  Mason, Euan G ^a   Diepstraten, Mathijs ^b   Pinjuv, Guy L ^c   Lasserre, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Agrobase Logigram   (France)

^c Ptarmigan Forestry and Carbon Consulting   (United States)

^d Forestal Mininco Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

LAI 2000; Leaf area index; Radiata pine

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANTATION; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE;

NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84864824632     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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