Light regime beneath Sitka spruce plantations in northern Britain: Preliminary results

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 61-66

  Hale, Sophie E ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gap fraction; Hemispherical photography; Light regime; Natural regeneration; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MANAGEMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LIGHT REGIMES;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; LIGHT; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035478789     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00696-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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