Functional and biological diversity of foliar spectra in tree canopies throughout the Andes to Amazon region

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-139

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Carranza Jiménez, Loreli ^a   Sinca, Felipe ^a   Tupayachi, Raul ^a   Anderson, Christopher B ^a   Martinez, Paola ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Andes; Elevation gradient; Leaf optical properties; Peru; Spectranomics; Spectroscopy; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST CANOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; ANDES;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; CHEMISTRY; FOREST; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECTROSCOPY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALTITUDE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84906943011     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12895     Document Type: Article

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