Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 3, 532(2025)

A Method for Decomposing the Leaf Age Cohorts in Tropical Evergreen Broadleaved Forests

Fangyi WANG1, Xueqin YANG1,2,3、*, Yixuan PAN1, Yunpeng WANG2,3, and Xiuzhi CHEN1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai519082, China
  • 2Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510640, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing101408, China
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    Fangyi WANG, Xueqin YANG, Yixuan PAN, Yunpeng WANG, Xiuzhi CHEN. A Method for Decomposing the Leaf Age Cohorts in Tropical Evergreen Broadleaved Forests[J]. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2025, 40(3): 532

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    Received: Mar. 27, 2024

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    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Xueqin YANG (yangxueqin20@mails.ucas.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.3.0532

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