Does the azimuth orientation of Norway spruce (Picea abies/L./Karst.) branches within sunlit crown part influence the heterogeneity of biochemical, structural and spectral characteristics of needles?

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-292

  Lhotáková, Zuzana ^a   Albrechtová, Jana ^a   Malenovský, Zbyněk ^b,c   Rock, Barrett N ^d   Polák, Tomáš ^a   Cudlín, Pavel ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch azimuth orientation; Chlorophyll; Needle structure; Norway spruce; Phenolic compounds; Remote sensing; Spectral reflectance indices

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AZIMUTH; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; EVERGREEN TREE; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33846230002     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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