Photosynthetically active radiation heterogeneity within a monodominant Congolese rain forest canopy

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-278

  Vierling, Lee A ^a   Wessman, Carol A ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gilbertiodendron dewevrei; Light; Monodominant forest; PAR; Photosynthetically active radiation; PPFD; Spatial autocorrelation; Sunfleck clusters; Sunflecks; Tropical rain forest canopy

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; HETEROGENEITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RAINFOREST;

AFRICA;

GILBERTIODENDRON DEWEVREI;

EID: 0034621981     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(00)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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