Figure 2From: Using a stand-level model to predict light absorption in stands with vertically and horizontally heterogeneous canopies The vertical canopy structure within a mixed-species forest containing four different species (Sp.) as considered by (a) the stand-level model based on Equation 2 in this study, and (b) the assumption made by some forest gap models that all of the leaf area is distributed at the top of the crown. Back to article page