Continuous estimation of leaf area index and the woody-to-total area ratio of two deciduous shrub canopies using fisheye webcams in a semiarid loessial region of China

Automatic and accurate measurements of the leaf area index (LAI) can provide information about key parameters of vegetation structure in an ecosystem. Little attention, however, has been paid to LAI dynamics for shrub canopies in both arid and semiarid regions compared to forests and crops. One of t...

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Main Authors: Xiaotao Niu, Jun Fan, Ruihua Luo, Wei Fu, Hongyou Yuan, Mengge Du
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21002144