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Leaf Area Distribution

Leaf Area Distribution is a structural metric in plant canopy analysis that quantifies the spatial arrangement of leaf surface area across vertical or horizontal layers within a canopy, distinguishing it from total leaf area by emphasizing positional variation in foliage density.

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2017–2026

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Global products of vegetation leaf area and fraction absorbed PAR from year one of MODIS data

Ranga B. Myneni, Samuel M. Hoffman, Yuri Knyazikhin et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2002 · 2K citations

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A global budget for fine root biomass, surface area, and nutrient contents

Robert B. Jackson, Harold A. Mooney, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 1.5K citations

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Defining leaf area index for non‐flat leaves

Jianfu Chen, T. Andrew Black · Plant Cell & Environment · 1992 · 1.5K citations

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A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

Jenny Ordóñez, Peter M. van Bodegom, Jan‐Philip M. Witte et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography · 2008 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Landscapes as patches of plant functional types: An integrating concept for climate and ecosystem models

Gordon B. Bonan, Samuel Levis, Laurent Kergoat et al. · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · 2002 · 701 citations

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  1. YR
    Youssef Rouphael

    University of Naples Federico II, Italy

    12 publications · 550 citations

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  2. HS
    H. Sinoquet

    Université Clermont Auvergne, France

    7 publications · 255 citations

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  3. JN
    James N. Long

    Utah State University, United States

    7 publications · 432 citations

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  4. GC
    Giuseppe Colla

    Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy

    7 publications · 271 citations

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  5. KL
    Kevin L. O’Hara

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 313 citations

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  1. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    19 h-index

    68 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    17 h-index

    49 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    64 publications

    2.2K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    2K citations

  6. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1K citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    839 citations

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  1. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

    37 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    32 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Annals of Botany

    45 publications · 2.8K citations

    27

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  4. Agronomy Journal

    38 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. Tree Physiology

    30 publications · 1.7K citations

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