Abstract
Phenology represents the seasonal timing and annual repetition of biologic life cycle events and is a characteristic property of ecosystem functioning and predictor of ecosystem processes. Shifts in phenology depict a canopy’s integrated response to environmental change and influence local biogeochemical processes, including nutrient dynamics, photosynthesis, water cycling, soil moisture depletion, and canopy physiology [1]. An understanding of vegetation phenology is prerequisite to interannual studies and predictive modeling of land surface responses to climate change [2-4].
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Forests |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 233-259 |
Number of pages | 27 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781420053432 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781420053418 |
State | Published - Jan 1 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Environmental Science