Influence of light conditions in canopy gaps on forest regeneration: A new gap light index and its application in a boreal forest in east-central Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 187-197

  Dai, Xiaobing ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Azimuth; Canopy gap; Fiby urskog; Gap Light Index; Growth rate; Picea abies; Regeneration; Seedling; Sun height; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ABIES; BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PINACEAE;

CANOPY GAP; FOREST REGENERATION; GAP LIGHT INDEX; LIGHT CONDITIONS; MODELLING; SEEDLING GROWTH;

SWEDEN, FIBY URSKOG;

EID: 0030434974     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03734-6     Document Type: Article

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