Nitrogen cycling, forest canopy reflectance, and emergent properties of ecosystems

Scott V. Ollinger; Peter B. Reich; Steve Frolking; Lucie C. Lepine; David Y. Hollinger; Andrew D. Richardson

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Nitrogen cycling, forest canopy reflectance, and emergent properties of ecosystems

Scott V. Ollinger, Peter B. Reich, Steve Frolking, Lucie C. Lepine, David Y. Hollinger, Andrew D. Richardson

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In Ollinger et al. (1), we reported that mass-based concentrations of nitrogen in forest canopies (%N) are positively associated with whole-canopy photosynthetic capacity and canopy shortwave albedo in temperate and boreal forests, the latter result stemming from a positive correlation between %N and canopy near infrared (NIR) reflectance. This finding is intriguing because a functional link between %N and NIR reflectance could indicate an influence of nitrogen cycling on surface energy exchange, and could provide a means for estimating %N using broad-band satellite sensors.

Original language	English
Article number	E2437
Number of pages	1
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	110
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1304176110
Publication status	Published - 2013

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