Evaluation of several measures of canopy openness as predictors of photosynthetic photon flux density in deeply shaded conifer-dominated forest understory

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1438-1444

  Machado, José Luis ^a,b   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; UNDERSTORY;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0033306522     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-102     Document Type: Article

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