The effects of gap size on some microclimate variables during late summer and autumn in a temperate broadleaved deciduous forest

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-129

  Latif, Zulkiflee Abd ^a   Blackburn, George Alan ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadleaved deciduous forest; Microclimate; Soil water content; Treefall gap

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND;

AIR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SOIL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER; WIND;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 77951764970     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0260-1     Document Type: Article

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