Radiation regime and canopy architecture in a boreal aspen forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-125

  Chen, J M ^a   Blanken, P D ^b   Black, T A ^b   Guilbeault, M ^a   Chen, S ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen forest; Canopy; Populus tremuloides; Radiation regime

Indexed keywords

ASPEN; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; RADIATION REGIME;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, PRINCE ALBERT NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030858628     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02402-1     Document Type: Article

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