Light attenuation by early successional plants of the boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 812-823

  Shropshire, C ^a   Wagner, R G ^a   Wayne Bell, F ^a   Swanton, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIODIVERSITY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SUCCESSION;

ALNUS CRISPA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; ASTER; ASTER MACROPHYLLUS; BASSIA SCOPARIA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULACEAE; CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EURYBIA MACROPHYLLA; FILICOPHYTA; KOCHIA; PARAGNETINA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS IDAEUS; SALIX; SALIX HUMILIS; SCOPARIA;

EID: 0034865035     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x01-006     Document Type: Article

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