Heterogeneity of light availability and its effects on simulated carbon gain of tree leaves in a small gap and the understory in a tropical rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-278

  Tang, Yanhong ^a   Kachi, Naoki ^b   Furukawa, Akio ^a   Awang, Muhamad B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon gain; Gaps; Light environments; Malaysia; Microsites; Pasoh Forest Reserve; Sunflecks; Tropical rain forest; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CARBON FIXATION; HETEROGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; RAINFOREST; UNDERSTORY;

MALAYSIA;

BROSIMUM ALICASTRUM; MORACEAE;

EID: 0033506472     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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