A meta-analysis of the canopy light extinction coefficient in terrestrial ecosystems

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 599-609

  Zhang, Liangxia ^a,b   Hu, Zhongmin ^a   Fan, Jiangwen ^a   Zhou, Decheng ^c   Tang, Fengpei ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biogeochemical model; canopy light extinction coefficient; cropland; ecological modeling; forest; grassland; leaf area index

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CANOPY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LIGHT EFFECT; META-ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84911993984     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-014-0446-7     Document Type: Article

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