Title: Ecohydrology : Darwinian expression of vegetation form and function /
Authors: Eagleson, Peter S.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Ecohydrology.; Forest ecology; Forest productivity.; Forest plants Ecophysiology.; Forest microclimatology.; Forest canopies.
Contents: Machine derived contents note: I Introduction and overview 1 -- A Introduction 1 -- B Overview 2 -- Part I Biophysics -- 2 Canopy structure 17 -- A Introduction 17 -- B Stand structure 17 -- C Crown shape 18 -- D Solid density 20 -- E Leaf orientation 23 -- F Leaf type 34 -- 3 Radiant fluxes 37 -- A Introduction 37 -- B Definitions 39 -- C Partition of radiance 44 -- D Nominal average insolation over the growing season 49 -- E Length of growing season 52 -- F Penetration of direct radiation into the canopy 56 -- G Penetration of diffuse radiation into the canopy 66 -- H Penetration of total radiation into the canopy 67 -- I Optical optimality 71 -- J Structural response to the radiation regime 76 -- 4 Turbulent fluxes 80 -- A Background 80 -- B Introduction to momentum flux 82 -- C General formulation of momentum flux 85 -- D Features of momentum flux in homogeneous canopies 91 -- E Momentum flux in homogeneous leafy canopies: M = 1 102 --^