The influence of canopy, sky condition, and solar angle on light quality in a longleaf pine woodland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1356-1366

  Pecot, Stephen D ^a   Horsley, Stephen B ^b   Battaglia, Michael A ^c   Mitchell, Robert J ^a  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR SYSTEM; WOOD;

LIGHT QUALITY; LONGLEAF PINE; SKY CONDITION; SOLAR ANGLE;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; LIGHT QUALITY; WOODLAND;

FOREST CANOPY; PINUS; SUN LIGHT; WOOD;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARISTIDA STRICTA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 26944462738     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-069     Document Type: Article

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