Radiation interception by forest trees: A simulation study on effects of stand density and foliage clustering on absorption and transmission

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 213-225

  Bartelink, H H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beech; Douglas fir; Extinction coefficient; Light; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FOLIAGE CLUSTERING; FOREST CANOPY; MODELLING; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; STAND DENSITY; TRAMSISSION;

EID: 0031906339     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00165-8     Document Type: Article

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