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To estimate leaf area index (LAI), intercepted radiation, and other related characteristics of vegetation, ecologists often require separate consideration of the understory and overstory components ...
, resulting in an efficient tool for quickly assessing the structure of forest canopies . leaf area index , vertical structure, forest sampling, regression, variance estimation The structure and density of forest ...
BFUA 57.7 0.9 7.7 (2.4) 0.32 13.4 % pine LAI shows the leaf area index for sugar pine , ponderosa pine , lodgepole pine and Jeffrey pine . Open in new tab Table 3 Mean live and dead basal area , LAI ...
dacrydioides). N. Z. Nat. Sci . 16: 31– 37. Ex S.A. Smith F.W. . 2013. Stand density index estimates leaf area index in uneven-aged ponderosa pine stands. West. J. Appl. For . 28: 9– 12. Google Scholar CrossRef ...
differences (19–24%) noted for deciduous forest canopies . Although LiDAR-derived estimates of canopy cover and leaf area index are increasingly being used to estimate canopy cover (Parker et al. 2004, Rutledge ...
species. Ponderosa pine occurred on 5597 FIA plots in this area . Figure 1. Open in new tabDownload slide Locations of FIA plots used in this study. Closed circles represent all FIA plots with ponderosa pine ...
. For example, Innes et al. (2005), working with eastern white pine , investigated the three-way correlations of leaf area index (LAI) and growth efficiency with gross periodic volume increment and two density ...
. Diurnal Variation in Leaf Gas Exchange and Water Potential We selected two representative mature and healthy (i.e., no recent canopy dieback) plants of each species in an open sunlit area for measurements ...
spectrum that is absorbed by chlorophyll in green, photosynthetically active plants, has been correlated with plant biomass and leaf area index in some open ecosystems (Kawamura et al. 2005, Hebblewhite et ...
as a coarse index to forest types. Douglas-fir and white fir typically dominated the more mesic mixed-conifer forest types in which most owls nest [15]. Species in the ponderosa pine group dominated ...
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