Predicting leaf traits of herbaceous species from their spectral characteristics

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 706-719

  Roelofsen, Hans D ^a   van Bodegom, Peter M ^b   Kooistra, Lammert ^c   Witte, Jan Philip M ^a,b  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Herbaceous species; Leaf spectroscopy; Leaf traits; Small width leaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896258005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.932     Document Type: Article

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