Botanical determinants of foliage clumping and light interception in two-year-old coppice poplar canopies: Assessment from 3-D plant mock-ups

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-404

  Casella, Eric ^a   Sinoquet, Hervé ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b PIAF   (France)

Author keywords

Biometry; Canopy structure; Multi scale; Seasonal changes; Sensitivity analysis; Three dimensional model

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSMITTANCE;

POPULUS;

EID: 34547406835     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007016     Document Type: Article

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