Inversion of gap frequency data in forest stands Export

@article{nilson99, abstract = {The inversion of gap proportion data for canopy structure variables has been widely used in plant canopy analysers. However, the results for most forest canopies tend to be biased, due to the foliage clustering at different structural levels. To invert the gap frequency data in forest stands for the canopy leaf area index, new gap fraction formulas are proposed capable of taking explicitly into account the clustering of foliage into crowns as one of the most important clustering levels. The formulas are based on the given mathematical expressions for the crown shape and on the Poisson or binomial tree distribution patterns.}, author = {Nilson, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {1156004}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00114-8}, doi = {10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00114-8}, journal = {Agricultural and Forest Meteorology}, keywords = {area, coniferous, forest, frequency, gap, indices, inversion, leaf, light-interception, needle}, pages = {437--448}, posted-at = {2007-03-12 18:49:51}, priority = {2}, title = {Inversion of gap frequency data in forest stands}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00114-8}, volume = {98-99}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - nilson99 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1156004 N2 - The inversion of gap proportion data for canopy structure variables has been widely used in plant canopy analysers. However, the results for most forest canopies tend to be biased, due to the foliage clustering at different structural levels. To invert the gap frequency data in forest stands for the canopy leaf area index, new gap fraction formulas are proposed capable of taking explicitly into account the clustering of foliage into crowns as one of the most important clustering levels. The formulas are based on the given mathematical expressions for the crown shape and on the Poisson or binomial tree distribution patterns. JF - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology EP - 448 TI - Inversion of gap frequency data in forest stands VL - 98-99 SP - 437 KW - area KW - coniferous KW - forest KW - frequency KW - gap KW - indices KW - inversion KW - leaf KW - light-interception KW - needle AU - Nilson, T PY - 1999/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00114-8 ER -