Light extinction coefficients specific to the understory vegetation of the southern boreal forest, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 168-177

  Aubin, Isabelle ^a   Beaudet, Marilou ^a   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

ACER; ACER SPICATUM;

EID: 0034097192     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-185     Document Type: Article

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