Fine-scale assessment of hay meadow productivity and plant diversity in the European Alps using field spectrometric data

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 151-157

  Fava, F ^a,b   Parolo, G ^c   Colombo, R ^b   Gusmeroli, F ^d   Della Marianna, G ^d   Monteiro, A T ^a   Bocchi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Fondazione Fojanini di Studi Superiori   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Hyperspectral; Partial least square regression; Plant species richness; Shannon Diversity Index

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIVERSITY INDEX; MEADOW; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; ITALY; LOMBARDY; VALTELLINA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77950027645     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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