Effects of season, weather and vertical position on the variation in light quantity and quality in a japanese deciduous broadleaf forest

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 35-55

  Lei, Thomas T ^a,b   Tabuchi, Ryuichi ^a   Kitao, Mitsutoshi ^a   Takahashi, Kunihide ^a   Koike, Takayoshi ^a,c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT QUALITY;

JAPAN;

CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; GROWTH KINETICS; HARDWOODS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; HERBS; JAPANESE DECIDUOUS BROADLEAF FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE PHOTON FLUX; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0032226525     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v06n01_04     Document Type: Article

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