Simple envelope-based reconstruction methods can infer light partitioning among individual plants in sparse and dense herbaceous canopies

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-112

  Louarn, Gaëtan ^a   Da Silva, David ^b   Godin, Christophe ^c   Combes, Didier ^a  

^a French Natl Inst Agr Res INRA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

3D models; Architectural traits; Competition; Grass legume mixtures; Light partitioning; Virtual plants

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INTERCEPTION; LEGUME; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84864828678     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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