On the factor light in plant communities and its importance for matter production. 1953.

By M. Monsi, T. Saeki. Annals of Botany, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Light interception and radiation use efficiency response to narrow-wide row planting patterns in maize (2012, background): “Expressed below is a modified Beer-Lambert law (Monsi and Saeki, 2005):”
The role of crown architecture, leaf phenology and photosynthetic activity in promoting complementary use of light among coexisting species in temperate forests (2010, background): “The vertical light gradient in a plant canopy has been modeled as an exponential loss function (Monsi and Saeki 2005): I ¼ I0e KF ð1Þ where I is the light intensity at a given canopy layer, I0 is the light intensity above the canopy, K is the extinction coefficient, and F is the LAI above a given…”
Comparative study of biomass determinants of 12 poplar (Populus) genotypes in a high-density short-rotation culture (2013, background): “(1); Monsi and Saeki, 2005): I ¼ I0e kLAI ð1Þ where I0 is the incident short-wave radiation, I is the radiation transmitted below the canopy and k is the extinction coefficient.”
An improved theoretical model of canopy gap probability for Leaf Area Index estimation in woody ecosystems (2015, background): “Monsi and Saeki (1965) provided a theoretical relationship of light extinction coefficient ‘k’ to LAI in a plant community based on a form of the Beer–Lambert law.”
Nonlinear Regression Models and Applications in Agricultural Research (2015, background): “They are commonly used to describe light and N vertical distributions within plant canopies (Monsi and Saeki, 2005), N2O emission response to N fertilizer (e.”
Herbaceous Understorey: An Overlooked Player in Forest Landscape Dynamics? (2016, methodology): “Light extinction by herbs is calculated analogously as for trees, using the Lambert– Beer Law (Monsi and Saeki 2005), which is a function of leaf area index (LAI) and a light extinction coefficient (0.”
Is it boring to be a tree? Construction costs, chemical composition and payback time of high and low irradiance leaves (2005, background): “Although the light climate in this mixed forest is far more heterogeneous at any given height, differences between species compare with those observed in monostands (Monsi and Saeki, 1953).”
Modeling approaches to estimate effective leaf area index from aerial discrete-return LIDAR (2009, background): “In addition, there is a body of literature describing the extinction coefficient of various forest types (Monsi and Saeki, 2005; Pierce and Running, 1988; Thomas and Winner, 2000).”