Using a stand-level model to predict light absorption in stands with vertically and horizontally heterogeneous canopies

Forest Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Forrester, David I ^a   Guisasola, Rubén ^a   Tang, Xiaolu ^b   Albrecht, Axel T ^c   Dong, Tran Lam ^d,e   Le Maire, Guerric ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Forest Research Institute of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

^d University of Tasmania   (Australia)

^e Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences   (Viet Nam)

^f UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

Author keywords

Complex forests; Extinction coefficient; Lambert beer law; Light absorption; Mixed species; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937930832     PISSN: 20956355     EISSN: 21975620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40663-014-0017-0     Document Type: Article

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