Methods in Ecosystem Science
Contributors: Osvaldo E. Sala (Foreword); Robert B. Jackson (Editor); Harold A. Mooney (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780387987347
Subjects: Environmental Science; Ecology; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Ecology
First sentence: This chapter provides a brief overview of instrumentation and methods for characterizing vegetation structure at the stand level, where a stand is defined as an area of relatively uniform physical environmental conditions, vegetation structure, and plant community composition (Barbour et al. 1987).