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In order to assess herbivory rates (see Chap. 11) and also to calculate the effect of foliage removal on canopy carbon and water relations (see Chaps. 12 and 14), it is necessary to gain sufficient information on the amount of foliage present and its arrangement in space. This chapter contains such an analysis in which the vertical and horizontal distribution of foliage density (leaf area index, LAI) and foliage angles were investigated. Additionally, due to the semideciduous nature of the forest, the seasonal variations of LAI were also analyzed.
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Wirth, R., Herz, H., Ryel, R.J., Beyschlag, W., Hölldobler, B. (2003). Canopy Structure of the Forest. In: Herbivory of Leaf-Cutting Ants. Ecological Studies, vol 164. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05259-4_6
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