Light passage through leaf litter: Variation among northern hardwood trees

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-111

  Schimpf, David J ^a   Danz, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Leaf; Light penetration; PAR; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; LEAF LITTER; LIGHT;

ACER SACCHARUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0033581576     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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