Spatially explicit modeling of PAR transmission and growth of Picea glauca and Abies balsamea in the boreal forests of Alberta and Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Stadt, Kenneth J ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Hall, Ronald J ^b   Messier, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENSORS;

PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM SENSORS; RADIATION-BASED REGENERATION MODEL; TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTS; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENSORS;

ALBERTA; CALLING LAKE; CANADA; LAKE DUPARQUET; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA GLAUCA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 19744371159     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-141     Document Type: Article

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