Measurements of leaf orientation, light distribution and sunlit leaf area in a boreal aspen forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 127-148

  Kucharik, Christopher J ^a   M Norman, John ^a   T Gower, Stith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal aspen forest; Canopy; Penumbra; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

BOREAS; FOREST CANOPY; LAI; VEGETATION IMAGER;

BOREAS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0031865595     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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