Expressed as percentage of crown closure, it is an estimate of the extent the site is occupied.

Explicit definition in stems per hectare, crown closure, relative basal area, etc., is locally or regionally defined and is site-specific.

For the NWT project, the above attributes were estimated, as was crown closure from measurements taken within each plot.

The LiDAR measurements made in the NWT project were used to create models of height, crown closure, volume and aboveground biomass.

Sites with the canopy closure and stratification that characterize the species mature conditions

Soybeans are very tolerant to glyphosate so it is ideal to get their second pass of glyphosate done before canopy closure,” notes Fotheringham.

Definitions varied between the industrialized and the developing countries, specifically with regard to canopy closure thresholds for forests.

Stocking guide: Reference level for the optimum proportion of an area actually occupied by trees, expressed in terms of stocked quadrats or percentage of canopy closure.

Stocking guide: Reference level for the optimum proportion of an area actually occupied by trees, expressed in terms of stocked quadrats or percentage of canopy closure.

The difference between intact and non-intact forest will be based on the threshold for crown cover in the national forest definition.