A model to estimate light interception by tree crowns, applied to black spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 788-799

  Groot, Arthur ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING;

LIGHT INTERCEPTION;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIGHT; SHADING; TREE;

CROWNS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 3042595759     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-242     Document Type: Article

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