Assessing leaf photoprotective mechanisms using terrestrial LiDAR: Towards mapping canopy photosynthetic performance in three dimensions

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 344-356

  Magney, Troy S ^a   Eusden, Spencer A ^b   Eitel, Jan U H ^a   Logan, Barry A ^b   Jiang, Jingjue ^a,c   Vierling, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Green laser return intensity (GLRI); Leaf pigments; Light detection and ranging (LiDAR); Non photochemical quenching (NPQ); Photochemical reflectance index (PRI); Remote sensing; Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

CANOPY EXCHANGE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; LASER METHOD; LEAF; LIDAR; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHLOROPHYLL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; GREEN LASER RETURN INTENSITY (GLRI); LASER; LEAF PIGMENTS; LIGHT; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR); METABOLISM; NON-PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING (NPQ); PHOTOCHEMICAL REFLECTANCE INDEX (PRI); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING (TLS); XANTHOPHYLL CYCLE;

GREEN LASER RETURN INTENSITY (GLRI); LEAF PIGMENTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR); NON-PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING (NPQ); PHOTOCHEMICAL REFLECTANCE INDEX (PRI); REMOTE SENSING; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING (TLS); XANTHOPHYLL CYCLE;

CHLOROPHYLL; LASERS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANTS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84888292143     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12453     Document Type: Article

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