Research Article
Leaf Spectra and Weight of Species in Canopy, Subcanopy, and Understory Layers in a Venezuelan Andean Cloud Forest
Table 2
Summary of variables selected for analysis.
| Type | Code | Description | Calculation | Absorb. | Reflec. | Transm. |
| | PHb | Average in photosynthetic range | | | | Bands | FRb | Average in far red relative to average in photosynthetic range | | | | | GRb | Average in green relative to average in red | | | |
| | MXf | Value at maximum relative quantum efficiency | | | | | PDf | Green feature | | | | Features | AIf | Anthocyanin index | | | | PIf | Photochemical index | | | | | FRf | Far red index | | | | | FIf | Far red fluorescence peak | | | |
| Weight | LMA | Leaf weight per unit area in mg/cm2 | Dry weight divided into leaf area |
| Composite | EAM | Efficiency of absorbance (in cm2/mg) | |
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