A stand-level light interception model for horizontally and vertically heterogeneous canopies

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 276, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-22

  Forrester, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex forests; Extinction coefficient; Homogeneous canopy; Lambert Beer law; Mixed species; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FORESTS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HOMOGENEOUS CANOPY; LAMBERT-BEER LAW; MIXED SPECIES; STAND STRUCTURES;

DISPENSERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

ABSORPTION; CANOPY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; INTERCEPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84892986109     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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