Parallel Seasonal Patterns of Photosynthesis, Fluorescence, and Reflectance Indices in Boreal Trees
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Seasonal Environmental Conditions
3.2. Seasonal Patterns of Photosynthesis and Remote Metrics
3.3. Correlations
4. Discussion
4.1. Seasonal Kinetics
4.2. Complementarity Hypothesis
4.3. Differences Between Species within Functional Types
4.4. Other Causes of Variation in Stand-Level Sampling
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | n | NDVI | PRI | CCI | FS | ||
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a) | P. mariana | 17 | (10) | 0.318 * | 0.905 **** | 0.945 **** | 0.891 **** |
P. banksiana | 21 | (13) | 0.556 *** | 0.853 **** | 0.928 **** | 0.908 **** | |
P. glauca | 17 | (10) | 0.199 | 0.950 **** | 0.914 **** | 0.922 **** | |
b) | L. laricina | 16 | (9) | 0.861 **** | 0.796 **** | 0.896 **** | 0.307 |
P. tremuloides | 14 | (8) | 0.937 **** | 0.505 ** | 0.881 **** | 0.674 * | |
P. balsamifera | 14 | (8) | 0.828 **** | 0.595 ** | 0.824 **** | 0.692 * |
Species | n | NDVI | PRI | CCI | |
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b) | P. mariana | 14 | 0.001 | 0.873 **** | 0.799 **** |
P. banksiana | 14 | 0.642 *** | 0.827 **** | 0.885 **** | |
P. glauca | 14 | 0.104 | 0.900 **** | 0.854 **** | |
a) | L. laricina | 9 | 0.590 * | 0.601 * | 0.707 ** |
P. tremuloides | 9 | 0.501 * | 0.393 | 0.471 * | |
P. balsamifera | 9 | 0.763 ** | 0.710 ** | 0.696 ** |
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