Relationships between canopy transmittance and stand parameters in Sitka spruce and Scots pine stands in Britain

Forestry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Hale, Sophie E ^a   Edwards, Colin ^a   Mason, W L ^a   Price, Martin ^a,b   Peace, Andrew ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CANOPY EXCHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHOTOGRAPHY; THINNING; TRANSMITTANCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 73249122810     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpp020     Document Type: Article

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