Reconstruction of two-dimensional tree and forest canopy profiles using photographs.
Abstract
A technique is described incorporating a point-quadrat method, computed tomography and several photographs taken from various positions at ground level. Results were similar to those for leaf area density distribution obtained by clipping. Applied to a warm-temperate evergreen broadleaved forest (81% Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii) in Japan, a two-dimensional forest canopy structure was obtained quantitatively and non-destructively.