Scale dependence of absorption of photosynthetically active radiation in terrestrial ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1003-1021

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Wessman, Carol A ^a   Archer, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Leaf area index (LAI); Leaf optical properties; Litter; Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) absorption; Principal components analysis; Prosopis glandulosa; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Savannas; Scaling; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SCALE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0031767897     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1003:SDOAOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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