Light-transmission profiles in an old-growth forest canopy: Simulations of photosynthetically active radiation by using spatially explicit radiative transfer models

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 454-467

  Mariscal, Maria J ^a   Martens, Scott N ^a   Ustin, Susan L ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^b   Weiss, Stuart B ^c   Roberts, Dar A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest gap structure; Light profiles; Old growth conifer forests; Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) irradiance distribution; Radiative transfer models; Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility (WRCCRF)

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GAP DYNAMICS; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WIND RIVER EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 4243055830     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0137-4     Document Type: Article

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