Improvement, comparison, and application of field measurement methods for grassland vegetation fractional coverage

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1074-1083

  Li, Xiao Bing ^a   Chen, Yun Hao ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Yun Xia ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Color space transformation; Digital camera; Field measurement; Grassland; Vegetation fractional coverage

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; GRASSLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 29144457454     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2005.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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