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gap light index: a standalone construct

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gap lightindex1 CONSTRUCTGap light indexCANHAM · FOREST ECOLOGY

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Forest ecology

the percentage of growing-season light reaching a point in or near a canopy gap, computed from hemispherical canopy photographs.

In forest ecology, gap light index refers to the percentage of growing-season light reaching a point in or near a canopy gap, computed from hemispherical canopy photographs. This meaning comes from Canham (1988) in Ecology.[1]

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References

  1. Canham, C. D. (1988). An Index For Understory Light Levels in and Around Canopy Gaps. Ecology, 69(5), 1634-1638. https://doi.org/10.2307/1941664

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