Defining Canopy Structure
Example 2 - From G. G. Parker, 2000
| Defining structure | |
Example 2: Foliage height profile for the Twin Springs plot, giving the
percentage of the total leaf area index (LAI) in each vertical meter band
(obtained using the method of optical point quadrats; MacArthur and Horn
1969). The left panel gives the pattern of foliage density with height
when species are lumped together, and the right group of panels shows
the corresponding distribution for each of the major species.
| Spatial Scale | Forest stand, with averages for each species |
| Temporal Scale | Single moment - a "snapshot" in time |
| x-dimension | Averaged |
| y-dimension | Averaged |
| z-dimension | Summarized for each discrete 1-m height class |
| Time-dimension | Instantaneous |