Comparing light interception with stand basal area for predicting tree growth

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 407-414

  Courbaud, Benoît ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Extrapolation; Growth; Leaf area; Light; Model; Norway spruce; Thinning

Indexed keywords

GROWTH MODELING; INTERCEPTION; LEAF AREA; LIGHT;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0034161699     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.5-6.407     Document Type: Article

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