Chlorophyll content in eucalypt vegetation at the leaf and canopy scales as derived from high resolution spectral data

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Stone, Christine ^b   Culvenor, Darius S ^a   Chisholm, Laurie A ^c   Merton, Ray N ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CASI; Forest health; Hyperspectral; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

EUCALYPTUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0242586107     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.1.23     Document Type: Article

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