Evaluation and correction of optically derived leaf area index in different temperate forests

IForest

Volumn 9, Issue Feb 2016, 2016, Pages 55-62

  Liu, Zhili ^a   Jin, Guangze ^a   Zhou, Ming ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic exposure; Clumping effects; Correlation; Digital hemispherical photography (DHP); LAI 2000; Leaf area index (LAI); Litter collection; Woody materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958952570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor1350-008     Document Type: Article

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