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Table 3.2 (continued)
Sugar (% dry
mass)
1500–2400 nm @
≤15 nm
Asner and Martin (2015)
Starch (% dry
mass)
1500–2400 nm @
≤15 nm
Matson et al. (1994)
Chlorophyll-total
(mg g
–1
)
450–740 nm @
≤
10 nm
Johnson et al. (1994),
Zarco-Tejada et al.
(2000a), Gil-Perez et al.
(2010), Zhang et al.
(2008), Kalacska et al.
(2015)
Carotenoids (mg
g
–1
)
450–740 nm @
≤10 nm
Datt (1998), Zarco- Tejada
et al. (2000a)
Other pigments
(e.g.,
anthocyanins; mg
g
–1
)
980 nm ± 40,
1140 ± 50 @
≤20 nm
van den Berg and Perkins
(2005)
Water content (%
fresh mass)
1100–2400 nm @
≤20 nm
Gao and Goetz (1995),
Gao (1996), Thompson
et al. (2015), Asner et al.
(2016)
Leaf mass per
area (g m
–2
)
1500–2400 nm @
≤20 nm
Asner et al. (2015), Singh
et al. (2015)
Fiber (% dry
mass)
1500–2400 nm @
≤20 nm
Mirik et al. (2005), Singh
et al. (2015)
Science target
Science objectives
Functional
characterization Trait
Spectal range and
sampling
Other measurement
characteristics
Example citations
S. P. Serbin and P. A. Townsend