Seasonal balance and vertical pattern of photosynthetically active radiation within canopies of a tropical dry deciduous forest ecosystem in Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-295

  Parker, Geoffrey ^a   Tinoco Ojanguren, Clara ^b   Martínez Yrízar, Angelina ^b   Maass, Manuel ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Canopy structure; Chamela; Light profile; Reflectance; Seasonality; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REFLECTANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20844441498     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002282     Document Type: Article

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