Comparison of direct and indirect methods for assessing leaf area index across a tropical rain forest landscape

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 177, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-116

  Olivas, Paulo C ^a,b   Oberbauer, Steven F ^a,b   Clark, David B ^c   Clark, Deborah A ^c   Ryan, Michael G ^d,e   O'Brien, Joseph J ^f   Ordoñez, Harlyn ^g  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g La Selva Biological Station   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Hemispherical photography; La Selva Biological Station; LAI 2000; Leaf area index; Plant area index; Wood area index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896842429     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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