Predictions of understorey light conditions in northern hardwood forests following parameterization, sensitivity analysis, and tests of the SORTIE light model

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 165, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 235-248

  Beaudet, Marilou ^a   Messier, Christian ^a   Canham, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Betula alleghaniensis; Fagus grandifolia; Light transmission; Northern hardwoods; SORTIE model

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

CROWN GEOMETRIES;

FORESTRY;

LIGHT; MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNDERSTORY;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0037099773     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00621-1     Document Type: Article

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