Leaf chemical and spectral diversity in Australian tropical forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 236-253

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Ford, Andrew J ^b   Metcalee, Daniel J ^b   Liddell, Michael J ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biological diversity; Chemical diversity; Imaging spectroscopy; Leaf chemistry; Leaf optical properties; Lowland tropics; Queensland; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; IMAGING METHOD; MONTANE FOREST; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 63849175374     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0023.1     Document Type: Article

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