Attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy of plant leaves: A tool for ecological and botanical studies

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-318

  Ribeiro da Luz, Beatriz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflectance (ATR); Chemistry of leaf surface; Cuticle; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; Identification of plants; Thermal infrared

Indexed keywords

CUTINE; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ABSORPTION; BOTANY; DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; PROTEIN; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT;

MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33748767119     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01823.x     Document Type: Article

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