The applicability of empirical vegetation indices for determining leaf chlorophyll content over different leaf and canopy structures

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-130

  Croft, H ^a   Chen, J M ^a   Zhang, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadleaf; Leaf area index; Leaf biochemistry; Modelling; Needleleaf; Reflectance; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84893653070     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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