Phylogenetic structure of foliar spectral traits in tropical forest canopies

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  McManus, Kelly M ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^a,b   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Dexter, Kyle G ^c,d   Kress, W John ^e   Field, Christopher B ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Hyperspectral; Imaging spectroscopy; Phylogenetic signal; Phylogeny; Soil fertility; Spectranomics; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; TROPICS;

FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; HYPERSPECTRAL; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECTRANOMICS; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84962603289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8030196     Document Type: Article

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