Vol. 21 (1997)
Grand Teton Np Report

Assessing Forest Canopy Structure in Grand Teton National Park

Chris L. Lauver
University of Kansas
Clayton F. Blodgett
University of Kansas

Published 1997-01-01

Abstract

The field campaign of 1997 built upon sampling efforts which began in 1994, and were supplemented in 1995 and 1996. To date a total of sixty sites have been sampled. This field sampling effort supports a modeling effort aimed at interpolating forest canopy structure information to areas within the park that will not be sampled. This effort will result in exhaustive measures of basal area, biomass, and leaf area index for lodgepole pine forested areas within Grand Teton National Park (GTNP).