Light within tree and tree population and carbon fixation

Authors & references

Author:

Seppo Kellomäki (Professor Emeritus, University of Eastern Finland) has modified and updated the text from the reference “Kellomäki, S. 2009. Trees, forests and forest ecosystems. In: Kellomäki, S. (Ed.). Forest Resources and Sustainable Management. 2^nd edition. Paper Engineers’ Association, Helsinki, Finland. pp.  16-96”. 

References:

1. Kellomäki, S., and Väisänen, H. 1997. Modelling the dynamics of the boreal forest ecosystems for climate change studies in the boreal conditions. Ecological Modelling 97(1,2): 121–140.
2. Oker-Blom, P. 1985. Photosynthesis of Scots pine shoot: simulation of the irradiance distribution and photosynthesis of a shoot in different radiation fields. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 34(1): 31–40.