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Table 4 Homogeneous extinction coefficients ( k H ) for each species and typical extinction coefficients ( k ) for all monospecific stands

From: Using a stand-level model to predict light absorption in stands with vertically and horizontally heterogeneous canopies

Species

k H (sd)

k(sd)

Stand 1

E. nitens

0.3552 (0.0319)

0.3248 (0.0927)

Stand 2

E. grandis

0.3436 (0.0900)

0.4464 (0.2245)

A. mangium

0.4256 (0.1665)

0.4096 (0.1770)

Stand 3 - Circular gap

Acacia hybrid

0.1620 (0.0083)

 

H. odorata

0.7251 (0.0362)

 

Stand 3 - Strip gap

Acacia hybrid

0.5323 (0.0412)

 

H. odorata

0.8078 (0.0362)

 

Stand 4

C. eyrei

0.4981 (0.0516)

 

C. sclerophylla

0.6600 (0.0793)

0.4573 (0.1439)

C. lanceolata

0.2921 (0.0475)

0.3049 (0.1194)

C. glauca

0.5408 (0.0122)

 

L. formosana

0.6507 (0.0669)

0.5284 (0.0139)

Other species

0.5696 (0.1078)

 

Stand 5

A. alba

0.3452 (0.0694)

 

F. sylvatica

0.4504 (0.0676)

 

P. abies

0.4241 (0.0560)

 
  1. sd = standard deviation.