{"first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "This chapter provides a brief overview of instrumentation and methods for characterizing vegetation structure at the stand level, where a stand is defined as an area of relatively uniform physical environmental conditions, vegetation structure, and plant community composition (Barbour et al. 1987)."}, "physical_format": "Hardcover", "weight": "2.2 pounds", "languages": [{"key": "/l/eng"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "publishers": ["Springer"], "number_of_pages": 421, "isbn_13": ["9780387987347"], "id": 12560964, "edition_name": "1 edition", "isbn_10": ["0387987347"], "publish_date": "August 11, 2000", "key": "/b/OL9308953M", "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-30 09:38:13.731961"}, "title": "Methods in Ecosystem Science", "contributions": ["Osvaldo E. Sala (Foreword)", "Robert B. Jackson (Editor)", "Harold A. Mooney (Editor)"], "subjects": ["Environmental Science", "Ecology", "Science", "Science/Mathematics", "General", "Life Sciences - Ecology", "Science / Ecology"], "physical_dimensions": "10.2 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches", "revision": 1}