Seasonal variability of multiple leaf traits captured by leaf spectroscopy at two temperate deciduous forests
Abstract
Understanding the temporal patterns of leaf traits is critical in determining the seasonality and magnitude of terrestrial carbon, water, and energy fluxes. However, we lack robust and efficient ways to monitor the temporal dynamics of leaf traits. Here we assessed the potential of leaf spectroscopy to predict and monitor leaf traits across their entire life cycle at different forest sites and light environments (sunlit vs. shaded) using a weekly sampled dataset across the entire growing season at two temperate deciduous forests. In addition, the dataset includes field measured leaf-level directional-hemispherical reflectance/transmittance together with seven important leaf traits [total chlorophyll (chlorophyll a and b), carotenoids, mass-based nitrogen concentration (Nmass), mass-based carbon concentration (Cmass), and leaf mass per area (LMA)]. All leaf traits varied significantly throughout the growing season, and displayed trait-specific temporal patterns. We used a Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR) modeling approach to estimate leaf traits from spectra, and found that PLSR was able to capture the variability across time, sites, and light environments of all leaf traits investigated (R2 = 0.6–0.8 for temporal variability; R2 = 0.3–0.7 for cross-site variability; R2 = 0.4–0.8 for variability from light environments). We also tested alternative field sampling designs and found that formore »
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[1];
- Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Department of Earth, Environment, and Planetary Sciences; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (United States). The Ecosystems Center
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (United States). The Ecosystems Center
- Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Department of Earth, Environment, and Planetary Sciences
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Environmental & Climate Sciences Department
- The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH (United States). School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Environmental & Climate Sciences Department
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1336038
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1359826
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-112192-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-4257; R&D Project: 2016-BNL-EE630EECA-Budg; KP1701000
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704; SC0006951
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Remote Sensing of Environment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 179; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-4257
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Phenology; Leaf physiology; Foliar chemistry; Carbon cycle; Chlorophyll; Carotenoids; Nitrogen; Leaf mass per area; Partial least square regression (PLSR); Sun and shaded leaves
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Yang, Xi, Tang, Jianwu, Mustard, John F., Wu, Jin, Zhao, Kaiguang, Serbin, Shawn, and Lee, Jung-Eun. Seasonal variability of multiple leaf traits captured by leaf spectroscopy at two temperate deciduous forests. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.026.
Yang, Xi, Tang, Jianwu, Mustard, John F., Wu, Jin, Zhao, Kaiguang, Serbin, Shawn, & Lee, Jung-Eun. Seasonal variability of multiple leaf traits captured by leaf spectroscopy at two temperate deciduous forests. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.026
Yang, Xi, Tang, Jianwu, Mustard, John F., Wu, Jin, Zhao, Kaiguang, Serbin, Shawn, and Lee, Jung-Eun. Sat .
"Seasonal variability of multiple leaf traits captured by leaf spectroscopy at two temperate deciduous forests". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.026. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1336038.
@article{osti_1336038,
title = {Seasonal variability of multiple leaf traits captured by leaf spectroscopy at two temperate deciduous forests},
author = {Yang, Xi and Tang, Jianwu and Mustard, John F. and Wu, Jin and Zhao, Kaiguang and Serbin, Shawn and Lee, Jung-Eun},
abstractNote = {Understanding the temporal patterns of leaf traits is critical in determining the seasonality and magnitude of terrestrial carbon, water, and energy fluxes. However, we lack robust and efficient ways to monitor the temporal dynamics of leaf traits. Here we assessed the potential of leaf spectroscopy to predict and monitor leaf traits across their entire life cycle at different forest sites and light environments (sunlit vs. shaded) using a weekly sampled dataset across the entire growing season at two temperate deciduous forests. In addition, the dataset includes field measured leaf-level directional-hemispherical reflectance/transmittance together with seven important leaf traits [total chlorophyll (chlorophyll a and b), carotenoids, mass-based nitrogen concentration (Nmass), mass-based carbon concentration (Cmass), and leaf mass per area (LMA)]. All leaf traits varied significantly throughout the growing season, and displayed trait-specific temporal patterns. We used a Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR) modeling approach to estimate leaf traits from spectra, and found that PLSR was able to capture the variability across time, sites, and light environments of all leaf traits investigated (R2 = 0.6–0.8 for temporal variability; R2 = 0.3–0.7 for cross-site variability; R2 = 0.4–0.8 for variability from light environments). We also tested alternative field sampling designs and found that for most leaf traits, biweekly leaf sampling throughout the growing season enabled accurate characterization of the seasonal patterns. Compared with the estimation of foliar pigments, the performance of Nmass, Cmass and LMA PLSR models improved more significantly with sampling frequency. Our results demonstrate that leaf spectra-trait relationships vary with time, and thus tracking the seasonality of leaf traits requires statistical models calibrated with data sampled throughout the growing season. In conclusion, our results have broad implications for future research that use vegetation spectra to infer leaf traits at different growing stages.},
doi = {10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.026},
journal = {Remote Sensing of Environment},
number = ,
volume = 179,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sat Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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