Modelling light penetration edge effects for stream buffer design in mountain ash forest in southeastern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Dignan, Paul ^a   Bren, Leon ^b  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depth of edge influence; Edge effects; Forest edge; Hemispherical photographs; Light environment

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; LIGHT; VEGETATION;

LIGHT PENETRATION;

FORESTRY;

FRAXINUS; RIPARIA; SORBUS;

EID: 0038721283     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00491-7     Document Type: Article

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