Structural and light heterogeneity in the understory of a Venezuelan Andean cloud forest;Heterogeneidad estructural y lumínica del sotobosque de una selva nublada Andina de Venezuela

Interciencia

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 394-403+426

  Acevedo, Miguel F ^a,b   Ataroff, Michele ^b   Monteleone, Susan ^c   Estrada, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c Lindsey Wilson College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPACITY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CANOPY STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

PAA;

EID: 0242301266     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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