@inproceedings{13feea2bbfc74932940575a326873ba4,
title = "Understory light regimes in old-growth and second-growth temperate forests of Northeastern China",
abstract = "Light penetration through the forest canopy affects the growth and survival of tree regeneration. We compared understory light regimes in an old-growth forest and a second-growth forest using hemispherical photography. From each photograph, we ascertained canopy openness (CO), light transmission (gap light index, GLI), sunfleck characteristics, and the spatial distribution of CO and GLI. Old-growth and second-growth forests differed significantly in CO, GLI and the mean number of sunflecks per day. The old-growth forest plot was more open and heterogeneous in its openness than the second-growth forest plot. Sunflecks were more abundant in the second-growth plot, but sunfleck duration was not significantly different between the two forest types. Our study suggests that the characteristics of understory light may be a distinguishing indicator of the different forest types.",
keywords = "canopy openness, forest types, light transmission, sunflecks, understory light",
author = "Fei Lin and Liwei Wang and Zuoqiang Yuan and Dingliang Xing and Xuejiao Bai and Xugao Wang and Zhanqing Hao",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1109/CECNET.2011.5769204",
language = "英语",
isbn = "9781612844572",
series = "2011 International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks, CECNet 2011 - Proceedings",
pages = "1870--1873",
booktitle = "2011 International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks, CECNet 2011 - Proceedings",
note = "2011 International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks, CECNet 2011 ; Conference date: 16-04-2011 Through 18-04-2011",
}