Individual tree branch-level simulation of light attenuation and water flow of three F. sylvatica L. trees

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bittner, S ^a   Legner, N ^b   Beese, F ^c   Priesack, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOW MODELING; GEOMETRY; LIGHT ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER FLOW; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; XYLEM;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84859467775     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001780     Document Type: Article

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