Structural attributes of stand overstory and light under the canopy

Annals of Silvicultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-31

  Angelini, Alice ^a   Corona, Piermaria ^b   Chianucci, Francesco ^b   Portoghesi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest management; Overstory stand; Structural attributes; Understory light

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016965357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2284354X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12899/ASR-993     Document Type: Review

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