Foliage randomness and light interception in 3-D digitized trees: An analysis from multiscale discretization of the canopy

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1158-1170

  Sinoquet, Hervé ^a   Sonohat, Gabriela ^a   Phattaralerphong, Jessada ^a,b   Godin, Christophe ^c  

^a PIAF   (France)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

3 D digitizing; Clumping; Fractals; Leaf dispersion; Light interception; Tree canopy; Virtual plants

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INTERCEPTION; LEAF AREA; LIGHT EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33645016962     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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