Quantification of repeated gap formation events and their spatial patterns in three types of old-growth forests: Analysis of long-term canopy dynamics using aerial photographs and digital surface models

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Torimaru, Takeshi ^a   Itaya, Akemi ^b   Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy dynamics; Gap dynamics; Long term study; Power law function; Rotation time; Torus translation test

Indexed keywords

CANOPY DYNAMICS; GAP DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM STUDY; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; ROTATION TIME; TORUS-TRANSLATION TEST;

DYNAMICS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

REFORESTATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GAP DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POWER LAW; REGENERATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TREEFALL;

JAPAN;

EID: 84864931311     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.044     Document Type: Article

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