Importance of needle age and shoot structure on canopy net photosynthesis of balsam fir (Abies balsamea): A spatially inexplicit modeling analysis

Tree Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12-13, 2001, Pages 815-830

  Bernier, P Y ^a   Raulier, F ^a   Stenberg, P ^a   Ung, C H ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Direct beam radiation; Leaf mass per unit area; Penumbra; STAR

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 0034818008     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/21.12-13.815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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