| Range |
deserts 1.3±0.9: temperate evergreen forests 5.1–6.7: tree plantations 8.7±4.3 unitless
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| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Asner et al., Global synthesis of leaf area index observations: implications for ecological and remote sensing studies. Global ecology & biogeography. 11 April 2003, DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00026.x link p.191 left column 3rd paragraph |
| Method |
P.192 left column 3rd paragraph: "In this paper [investigators] present a literature review, database and synthesis of 1008 LAI measurements collected from 15 global biomes. This paper serves as an extension to a technical report developed by us for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Scurlock et al., 2001), with additional analyses pertinent to ecological and remote sensing applications of the database." |
| Comments |
P.191 left column 3rd paragraph: "Biomes with LAI values well represented in the literature included croplands, forests and plantations. Biomes not well represented were deserts, shrublands, tundra and wetlands. Nearly 40% of the records in the database were published in the past 10 years (1991–2000), with a further 20% collected between 1981 and 1990. Mean (± SD) LAI, distributed between 15 biome classes, ranged from 1.3 ± 0.9 for deserts to 8.7 ± 4.3 for tree plantations, with temperate evergreen forests (needleleaf and broadleaf) displaying the highest average LAI (5.1–6.7) among the natural terrestrial vegetation classes." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
113517 |