Towards spatial assessment of carbon sequestration in peatlands: Spectroscopy based estimation of fractional cover of three plant functional types

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-284

  Schaepman Strub, G ^a   Limpens, J ^a   Menken, M ^a   Bartholomeus, H M ^a   Schaepman, M E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTITIONING; PEATLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 61349181379     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-275-2009     Document Type: Article

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