Implications of shoot structure on the rate of photosynthesis at different levels in a coniferous canopy using a model incorporating grouping and penumbra

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 82-91

  Stenberg, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coniferous canopy structure; LAI; Light interception; Photosynthetic production

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CONIFER; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHOOT STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031933433     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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