Microsite variation in light availability and photosynthesis in a cool-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest in central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 537-545

  Sakai, Toru ^a   Saigusa, Nobuko ^b   Yamamoto, Susumu ^b   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse light; Model; Photosynthesis; Sunfleck; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; OVERSTORY; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SIMULATION; UNDERSTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

BETULA ERMANII; SASA; SASA SENANENSIS;

EID: 33746467958     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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