Abstract

PROMIS, Álvaro. Measuring and estimating the below-canopy light environment in a forest: A review. Rev. Chapingo ser. cienc. for. ambient [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.1, pp.139-146. ISSN 2007-4018.  https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchscfa.2012.02.014.

The below-canopy light environment influences the survival, the tree regeneration growth and the development of the understory plant species. Therefore, there has been much interest in measuring the below-canopy light environment. Several instruments, techniques and methods have been developed to measure directly or to estimate indirectly the below-canopy light environment. To date, many comparisons of direct and indirect methods for the measuring and estimation of below-canopy light environment have been conducted in order to determine the best way to measure the light in the understory. In this review a scientific description of the currently instruments, techniques and methods used to measure or to estimate the below-canopy solar radiation is shown. The nature and properties of the different methods, techniques and instruments are commented. Finally, the choice of equipment to meet the needs of the researcher in this topic is supported.

Keywords : Solar radiation; light; direct measurement; indirect estimation; below-canopy environment.

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