The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-195

  Hardwick, Stephen R ^a   Toumi, Ralf ^a   Pfeifer, Marion ^a   Turner, Edgar C ^b   Nilus, Reuben ^c   Ewers, Robert M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Land use change; Leaf area index; Microclimate; Oil palm; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MICROCLIMATE; PLANTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL FOREST;

BORNEO;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84911906024     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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