An ecohydrological approach to managing dryland forests: Integration of leaf area metrics into assessment and management

Forestry

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 338-349

  Osem, Yagil ^a   O'Hara, K ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid land; climate change; forest monitoring; leaf area index; silviculture; silvopastoral system

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; PASTORALISM; SILVICULTURE;

EID: 84984788337     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpw021     Document Type: Article

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