Analysis of the sensitivity of absorbed light and incident light profile to various canopy architecture and stand conditions

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-47

  Kim, Hyun Seok ^a,d   Palmroth, Sari ^a   Thérézien, Mathieu ^a,b   Stenberg, Pauline ^c   Oren, Ram ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

absorbed photosynthetic photon flux density; broadleaved type canopies; conifer type canopies; leaf angle distribution; leaf area index; mixed species canopies; one dimensional light absorption; shoot clumping; stand density; tree clumping; vertical distribution of light

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; TREE; WOOD;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TREES; WOOD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 79952691771     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq098     Document Type: Article

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