Light absorption and use efficiency in forests: Why patterns differ for trees and stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-13

  Binkley, Dan ^a   Campoe, Otavio Camargo ^b   Gspaltl, Martin ^c   Forrester, David I ^d,e  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Beer's Law; Leaf area index; Production ecology

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; BEER'S LAW; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; INCIDENT LIGHT; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND LEVELS; STEM GROWTH; STEMWOODS; TOTAL LEAF AREA; TOTAL LIGHT ABSORPTION; TYPE II; TYPICAL PATTERNS; USE EFFICIENCY;

BEER; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; LIGHT; OPTICS; RAIN;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; FORESTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICS; RAIN; SILVICULTURE; STEMS;

EID: 84869870584     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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