Spatial distributions of understory light along the grassland/forest continuum: Effects of cover, height, and spatial pattern of tree canopies

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-93

  Martens, Scott N ^a,b   Breshears, David D ^a   Meyer, Clifton W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy microclimate; Photosynthetically active radiation; Ray tracing; Savanna; Shading; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 0034141726     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00188-X     Document Type: Article

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