Methods in Ecosystem Science
Contributors: E.P. Odum (Foreword); Osvaldo E. Sala (Editor); Robert B. Jackson (Editor); Harold A. Mooney (Editor); Robert W. Howarth (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 11, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780387987439
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).