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Sunfleck Dynamics

Sunfleck Dynamics is a ecological light-interception phenomenon that characterizes the temporal and spatial variability of brief, intense bursts of direct sunlight penetrating forest canopies through gaps, thereby influencing understory photosynthetic activity and energy flux.

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2017–2026

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Foliage area and architecture of plant canopies from sunfleck size distributions

J.M. Chen, T. Andrew Black · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 1992 · 196 citations

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Sunfleck dynamics in relation to canopy structure in a soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) canopy

Robert W. Pearcy, John S. Roden, John A. Gamon · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 1990 · 93 citations

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An Area Survey Method of Investigating the Distribution of Light Intensity in Woodlands, with Particular Reference to Sunflecks

G. C. Evans · Journal of Ecology · 1956 · 85 citations

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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CROWN STRUCTURE AND LIGHT ENVIRONMENT IN FIVE RAIN FOREST PIPER SPECIES

Robin L. Chazdon, Kimberlyn Williams, Christopher B. Field · American Journal of Botany · 1988 · 72 citations

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Photosynthetic Utilization of Sunflecks: A Temporally Patchy Resource on a Time Scale of Seconds to Minutes

R. W. Pearcy · Elsevier eBooks · 1994 · 52 citations

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Authors

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  1. TM
    T. Matthew Robson

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    3 publications · 120 citations

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  2. CB
    Christopher B. Field

    Carnegie Institution for Science, United States

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  3. MD
    Maxime Durand

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    2 publications · 88 citations

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  4. DR
    Donald R. Young

    Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  5. JL
    J. L. Le Gouallec

    Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, France

    2 publications · 43 citations

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Institutions

26

  1. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    403 citations

  2. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    220 citations

  3. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    75 citations

  4. Helsinki Institute of Physics

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    75 citations

  5. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    170 citations

  6. Carnegie Institution for Science

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    309 citations

  7. Carnegie Department of Plant Biology

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    309 citations

  8. Tartu Observatory

    Tartu, Estonia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    42 citations

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Venues

  1. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

    5 publications · 363 citations

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  2. American Journal of Botany

    4 publications · 146 citations

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  3. Forest Ecology and Management

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  4. Ecology

    2 publications · 90 citations

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  5. Tree Physiology

    2 publications · 45 citations

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