𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Vertical profile and canopy organization in a mixed deciduous forest

✍ Scribed by Parker, Geoffrey G. ;O'Neill, John P. ;Higman, Daniel

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
861 KB
Volume
85
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-5052

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A combination of optical measurements of leaf heights and observations on litterfall provided a vertical and temporal description of the leaf community structure in a tall, Liriodendron forest on the Maryland coastal plain. Leaf area, mass, and number were bimodally distributed with height. Median leaf number occurs far below (7-8 m) and median leaf mass far above (22-23 m) the median leaf area (18-19 m). Tree species exhibited leaf stratification into 3 height levels: understory (0-10 m), mid canopy (10-25 m), and overstory (25-37 m). Species leaf area in litterfall was related to the species basal area, although representation of leaf number in litterfall was not correlated with stem numbers for species in the stand. Species also showed a clear phenological sequence of leaf fall.

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

Estimating light absorption by chlorophy
Estimating light absorption by chlorophyll, leaf and canopy in a deciduous broadleaf forest using MODIS data and a radiative transfer model
✍ Qingyuan Zhang; Xiangming Xiao; Bobby Braswell; Ernst Linder; Fred Baret; Berrie πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 2005 πŸ› Elsevier Science 🌐 English βš– 501 KB

In this paper, we present a theoretical and modeling framework to estimate the fractions of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) absorbed by vegetation canopy (FAPAR canopy ), leaf (FAPAR leaf ), and chlorophyll (FAPAR chl ), respectively. FAPAR canopy is an important biophysical variable and h

Aerial Image Texture Information in the
Aerial Image Texture Information in the Estimation of Northern Deciduous and Mixed Wood Forest Leaf Area Index (LAI)
✍ Mike A. Wulder; Ellsworth F. LeDrew; Steven E. Franklin; Mike B. Lavigne πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1998 πŸ› Elsevier Science 🌐 English βš– 366 KB

Leaf area index (LAI) currently may be derived from crease in ability to estimate hardwood forest LAI from remotely sensed imagery by approximately 20% with the remotely sensed data with limited accuracy. This reinclusion of texture. Mixed forest stands, which are specsearch addresses the need for i

Estimation of canopy drying time after r
Estimation of canopy drying time after rainfall using sap flow measurements in an emergent tree in a lowland mixed-dipterocarp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia
✍ Tomonori Kume; Koichiro Kuraji; Natsuko Yoshifuji; Toshiyuki Morooka; Shinji Saw πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 2006 πŸ› John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English βš– 419 KB πŸ‘ 1 views

## Abstract This study emphasizes the importance of canopy drying time (CDT) after rainfall in a lowland tropical rain forest. In this study, we estimate CDT using sap flow velocities measured by a heat‐pulse method in an emergent tree in a lowland mixed‐dipterocarp forest. Estimated CDT (ECDT) for