Modeling of light transmission under heterogeneous forest canopy: An appraisal of the effect of the precision level of crown description

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-193

  Da Silva, David ^a   Balandier, Philippe ^b,d   Boudon, Frédéric ^c   Marquier, André ^d   Godin, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c UMR AGAP   (France)

^d PIAF   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy description; Forest; Light modeling; Mixed stand; Uneven aged stand

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MIXED FOREST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 84862022642     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0139-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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