The estimation of canopy attributes from digital cover photography by two different image analysis methods

IForest

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 255-259

  Chianucci, Francesco ^a   Chiavetta, Ugo ^a   Cutini, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Dense canopy; Digital cover photography; Gap fraction; Leaf area index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904036243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0939-007     Document Type: Article

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