Greenness indices from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale photosynthesis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-115

  Toomey, Michael ^a   Friedl, Mark A ^b   Frolking, Steve ^c   Hufkens, Koen ^d   Klosterman, Stephen ^a   Sonnentag, Oliver ^e   Baldocchi, Dennis D ^f   Bernacchi, Carl J ^g   Biraud, Sebastien C ^h   Bohrer, Gil ⁱ   Brzostek, Edward ^j   Burns, Sean P ^k   Coursolle, Carole ^l   Hollinger, David Y ^m   Margolis, Hank A ^l   McCaughey, Harry ⁿ   Monson, Russell K ^o   Munger, J William ^p   Pallardy, Stephen ^q   Phillips, Richard P ^j   Torn, Margaret S ^h   Wharton, Sonia ^r   Zeri, Marcelo ^s   Richardson, Andrew D ^a   more..

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Ohio State University   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^m USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

ⁿ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^p HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^r LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^s INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

Deciduous broadleaf forest; Digital repeat photography; Evergreen needleleaf forest; Grassland; Gross primary productivity; PhenoCam; Phenology; Photosynthesis; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE;

PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

FORESTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922032841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0005.1     Document Type: Article

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