Structural acclimation and radiation regime of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) shoots along a light gradient

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-442

  Cescatti, Alessandro ^a   Zorer, R ^a  

^a CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy architecture; Conifer structure; Light microclimate; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 0037350474     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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