Canopy gaps affect the shape of Douglas-fir crowns in the western Cascades, Oregon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 363, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-38

  Seidel, Dominik ^a   Ruzicka, Kenneth J ^a,b   Puettmann, Klaus ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Forest management; Terrestrial laser scanning; Tree crown

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

COMPLEXITY; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; TREE CROWNS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGING METHOD; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SURFACE AREA;

CASCADE RANGE; DOUGLAS; ISLE OF MAN; OREGON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84951336296     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.024     Document Type: Article

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