Assessing stand structure of beech and spruce from measured spectral radiation properties and modeled leaf biomass parameters

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 165, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-91

  Hertel, Christian ^a   Leuchner, Michael ^a   Rötzer, Thomas ^a   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue red ratio; European beech; Green red ratio; Light quality; Norway spruce; PAR; PPFR; Red far red ratio

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FLOWERING; FOLIAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT QUALITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84864764262     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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