Reconstructing crown shape from stem diameter and tree position to supply light models. I. Algorithms and comparison of light simulations

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 645-657

  Piboule, Alexandre ^a   Collet, Catherine ^a   Frochot, Henri ^a   Dhôte, Jean François ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Broadleaves; Crown competition; Crown reconstruction; Heterogeneous forest; Light model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LIGHT; MODELING;

EID: 28444456722     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005071     Document Type: Article

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