Near-ground solar radiation along the grassland-forest continuum: Tall-tree canopy architecture imposes only muted trends and heterogeneity

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Breshears, David D ^a   Ludwig, John A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Energy balance; Eucalyptus; Field; Savanna; Shading; Woodland

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOLIAGE; HETEROGENEITY; SAVANNA; SOLAR RADIATION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 75449110784     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02009.x     Document Type: Article

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