Light distribution and foliage structure in an oak canopy

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 55-64

  Kull, Olevi ^a   Broadmeadow, Mark ^b   Kruijt, Bart ^c   Meir, Patrick ^c  

^a Department of Northeast Estonia   (Estonia)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy; Leaf angle distribution; Leaf area index; Model; Shoot bifurcation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032754791     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050209     Document Type: Article

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