Estimating seasonal variations of leaf area index using litterfall collection and optical methods in four mixed evergreen-deciduous forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 209-210, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-48

  Liu, Zhili ^a   Chen, Jing M ^b   Jin, Guangze ^a   Qi, Yujiao ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital hemispherical photography (DHP); LAI 2000; Leaf area index; Leaf phenology; Litterfall collection; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LITTERFALL; PHENOLOGY; PLANTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ABIES; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; PICEA; PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 84929178607     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.04.025     Document Type: Article

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