Small scale spatial heterogeneity of Normalized Difference Vegetation Indices (NDVIs) and hot spots of photosynthesis in biological soil crusts

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-167

  Fischer, Thomas ^a   Veste, Maik ^b   Eisele, Andreas ^c   Bens, Oliver ^c   Spyra, Wolfgang ^a   Hüttl, Reinhard F ^a,c  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CEBra Centre for Energy Technology Brandenburg eV   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Field method; High resolution imaging; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Photosynthesis; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIMITING FACTOR; NDVI; NEAR INFRARED; PEDOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIXEL; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CRUST; SPATIAL VARIATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 84858281387     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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