“…A thinning canopy allows more solar radiation to reach the ground, causing surface temperatures to rise, but also cause greater diurnal variations in temperature (Leopoldo et al, 1993;Potter et al, 2001b;Thery, 2001;Montgomery, 2004). A thinning canopy allows more solar radiation to reach the ground, causing surface temperatures to rise, but also cause greater diurnal variations in temperature (Leopoldo et al, 1993;Potter et al, 2001b;Thery, 2001;Montgomery, 2004).…”