Leaf-area index and light attenuation in rapidly expanding shrub thickets

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 524-530

  Brantley, Steven T ^a   Young, Donald R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Beer Lambert law; Chronosequence; Leaf area index (LAI); Light attenuation; Morella cerifera; Photosynthetically active radiation; Primary production; Shrub encroachment; Shrub thickets, Hog Island, Virginia, USA

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT ATTENUATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MYRICACEAE; PLANT LEAF; UNITED STATES;

DARKNESS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MYRICACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; VIRGINIA;

HOG ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

MORELLA CERIFERA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34247105236     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0913     Document Type: Article

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