Competition for light between individual trees lowers reference canopy stomatal conductance: Results from a model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Loranty, Michael M ^a,b   MacKay, D Scott ^a   Ewers, Brent E ^c   Traver, Elizabeth ^c   Kruger, Eric L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIDAR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAP FLOW; SHADING; SOLAR RADIATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 78249234185     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001377     Document Type: Article

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