Woody-to-total area ratio determination with a multispectral canopy imager

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1069-1080

  Zou, Jie ^a   Yan, Guangjian ^a   Zhu, Ling ^a   Zhang, Wuming ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clumping index; Leaf area index; Near infrared photography; Non photosynthesis components; Plant area index; Woody area index; Woody to total area ratio

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NEAR INFRARED; WOODY PLANT; ZENITH ANGLE;

ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SPRUCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WOOD;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; WOOD;

EID: 70349779687     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp042     Document Type: Article

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