Stand structural drivers of microclimate in mature temperate mixed forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 234-235, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-21

  Kovacs B ^a,b   Tinya, F ^a   Odor P ^a  

^a MTA CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Diffuse light; Relative humidity; Shrub layer; Stand structure; Temperate mixed forests

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BASAL AREA; BODY SIZE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROCLIMATE; MIXED FOREST; NATURE CONSERVATION; OVERSTORY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTORY;

HUNGARY;

BRYOPHYTES; CARABIDAE;

EID: 85008707926     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.11.268     Document Type: Article

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