Photosynthetically active radiation transmittance of forest plantation canopies in the Ethiopian highlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 17-24

  Yirdaw, Eshetu ^a   Luukkanen, Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crown structure; Ethiopia; Photosynthetic photon flux density; Plantations; Red far red ratio; Understory light regime

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSORS;

HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

LIGHT QUALITY; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANTATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PROCERA; PINUS PATULA;

EID: 0842263175     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.07.024     Document Type: Article

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