Photographic assessment of overstory and understory leaf area index in beech forests under different management regimes in Central Italy
Forest understory may be strongly affected by silvicultural practices such as thinning, which simultaneously modulates the overstory canopy cover and influences the availability of light. However, the understory layer is rarely considered in management decisions, partly because methods to estimate u...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Metsanduslikud Uurimused |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2014-0008 |