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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Autores principales:	Xiaotao Niu, Jun Fan, Ruihua Luo, Wei Fu, Hongyou Yuan, Mengge Du
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Materias:	Leaf area index Woody-to-total area ratio Fisheye webcam LAI-2200 Direct measurement Shrubs Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1fa9cd202ad24ed6a289f0b320fe10452021-12-01T04:48:00ZContinuous 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 China1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107549https://doaj.org/article/1fa9cd202ad24ed6a289f0b320fe10452021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21002144https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XAutomatic 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 the main sources of error when measuring shrub LAI from the indirect method is the woody part. The influence of woody parts on LAI estimations can be expressed as the woody-to-total area ratio, α; there are also relatively few studies on α value of shrubs, especially the dynamic changes of α. This study used a new cost-effective tool, the fisheye webcam, to derive daily LAI and α in the fields of Caragana korshinskii and Salix psammophila on the Loess Plateau in China. The LAI data were compared with measurements acquired by an LAI-2200 Plant Canopy Analyzer and direct methods. The LAI-2200 data were consistent with the effective plant area index (PAIeff) estimated using upward-pointing webcams (UPWs) (R2 = 0.89, root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.21) but not downward-pointing webcams (DPWs) (R2 = 0.52, RMSE = 0.68). Shrub PAIeff derived from the DPWs was much smaller than PAIeff derived from the UPWs over the season (y = 0.48x–0.03, R2 = 0.79, RMSE = 0.85). LAI derived from the direct methods was strongly linearly correlated with the PAI minus WAI obtained from upward digital hemispherical photography (R2 = 0.94, RMSE = 0.62 for C. korshinskii and R2 = 0.99, RMSE = 0.31 for S. psammophila). This result indicates that the upward digital hemispherical photography for deriving PAI and WAI performs good, which can be utilized to calculate LAI accurately. The woody-to-total area ratio (α) of deciduous shrub canopies was a dynamic parameter that varied throughout the season, decreasing as the canopy leaves developed and increasing when they fell. α = 1 for the leaf-off season and < 0.1 when the foliage peaked. α differed little between the two shrub canopies (R2 = 0.95, RMSE = 0.07), and it could be used to convert PAI to LAI for C. korshinskii and S. psammophila. The UPWs demonstrated excellent potential for continuous LAI measurement for the two shrub canopies, but the DPWs should be further tested before use. The fisheye-webcam is inexpensive and can easily monitor LAI at field scale and can be used to evaluate LAI products derived from remote sensing.Xiaotao NiuJun FanRuihua LuoWei FuHongyou YuanMengge DuElsevierarticleLeaf area indexWoody-to-total area ratioFisheye webcamLAI-2200Direct measurementShrubsEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 125, Iss , Pp 107549- (2021)
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topic	Leaf area index Woody-to-total area ratio Fisheye webcam LAI-2200 Direct measurement Shrubs Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	Leaf area index Woody-to-total area ratio Fisheye webcam LAI-2200 Direct measurement Shrubs Ecology QH540-549.5 Xiaotao Niu Jun Fan Ruihua Luo Wei Fu Hongyou Yuan Mengge Du 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
description	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 the main sources of error when measuring shrub LAI from the indirect method is the woody part. The influence of woody parts on LAI estimations can be expressed as the woody-to-total area ratio, α; there are also relatively few studies on α value of shrubs, especially the dynamic changes of α. This study used a new cost-effective tool, the fisheye webcam, to derive daily LAI and α in the fields of Caragana korshinskii and Salix psammophila on the Loess Plateau in China. The LAI data were compared with measurements acquired by an LAI-2200 Plant Canopy Analyzer and direct methods. The LAI-2200 data were consistent with the effective plant area index (PAIeff) estimated using upward-pointing webcams (UPWs) (R2 = 0.89, root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.21) but not downward-pointing webcams (DPWs) (R2 = 0.52, RMSE = 0.68). Shrub PAIeff derived from the DPWs was much smaller than PAIeff derived from the UPWs over the season (y = 0.48x–0.03, R2 = 0.79, RMSE = 0.85). LAI derived from the direct methods was strongly linearly correlated with the PAI minus WAI obtained from upward digital hemispherical photography (R2 = 0.94, RMSE = 0.62 for C. korshinskii and R2 = 0.99, RMSE = 0.31 for S. psammophila). This result indicates that the upward digital hemispherical photography for deriving PAI and WAI performs good, which can be utilized to calculate LAI accurately. The woody-to-total area ratio (α) of deciduous shrub canopies was a dynamic parameter that varied throughout the season, decreasing as the canopy leaves developed and increasing when they fell. α = 1 for the leaf-off season and < 0.1 when the foliage peaked. α differed little between the two shrub canopies (R2 = 0.95, RMSE = 0.07), and it could be used to convert PAI to LAI for C. korshinskii and S. psammophila. The UPWs demonstrated excellent potential for continuous LAI measurement for the two shrub canopies, but the DPWs should be further tested before use. The fisheye-webcam is inexpensive and can easily monitor LAI at field scale and can be used to evaluate LAI products derived from remote sensing.
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author	Xiaotao Niu Jun Fan Ruihua Luo Wei Fu Hongyou Yuan Mengge Du
author_facet	Xiaotao Niu Jun Fan Ruihua Luo Wei Fu Hongyou Yuan Mengge Du
author_sort	Xiaotao Niu
title	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
title_short	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
title_full	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
title_fullStr	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
title_full_unstemmed	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
title_sort	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
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/1fa9cd202ad24ed6a289f0b320fe1045
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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

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