The relationship between carbon dioxide uptake and canopy colour from two camera systems in a deciduous forest in southern England

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 196-207

  Mizunuma, Toshie ^a   Wilkinson, Matthew ^b   L Eaton, Edward ^b   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^c   I L Morison, James ^b   Grace, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Digital image; HSL; Hue; Leaf phenology; Quercus robur; Red, green and blue; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIGITAL IMAGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; VEGETATION INDEX;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84873092041     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12026     Document Type: Article

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