A simple and efficient method to estimate microsite light availability under a forest canopy

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Parent, Sylvain ^a   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; MICROSITE LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OVERCAST SKY; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029667145     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-017     Document Type: Article

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