Using digital camera images to detect canopy condition of deciduous broad-leaved trees

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Nagai, Shin ^a,b   Maeda, Takahisa ^b   Gamo, Minoru ^b   Muraoka, Hiroyuki ^c   Suzuki, Rikie ^a   Nasahara, Kenlo Nishida ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deciduous broad leaved forest; Digital camera; LAI; Leaf area index; RGB; SPAD

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959320282     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.579188     Document Type: Article

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