Quantitative characterization of clumping in Scots pine crowns

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 689-694

  Stenberg, Pauline ^a   Mõttus, Matti ^a   Rautiainen, Miina ^a   Sievänen, Risto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

clumping; crown shape; crown structure; Functional structural modelling; Pinus sylvestris; radiation; STAR

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BALANCE; SHADING; STOCHASTICITY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCOTS PINE; TREE;

BIOMASS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

EID: 84910651871     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct310     Document Type: Article

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