Plant phenomics is a new avenue for linking plant genomics and environmental studies,
thereby improving plant breeding and management. Remote sensing techniques have …

As evaporation of water is an energy-demanding process, increasing evapotranspiration
rates decrease the surface temperature (Ts) of leaves and plants. Based on this principle …

Plants react to their environment and to management interventions by adjusting
physiological functions and structure. Functional–structural plant models (FSPM), combine …

The Earth surface thermal infrared (TIR) radiation shows conspicuously an anisotropic
behavior just like the bi-directional reflectance of visible and near infrared spectral domains …

Urban trees regulate their thermal environment mostly through the canopies. With
multilayered complex canopies trees prevent solar radiation (reaching the ground) thus …

The beneficial influence of trees and water ponds on summer comfort in urban spaces was
studied experimentally in situ and in wind tunnels but the modeling needs further …

A plant is made up of components of various types and shapes. The geometrical and
topological organisation of these components defines the plant architecture. Before the early …

Vegetation can provide transpirative cooling in cities and is therefore being increasingly
integrated as an essential part of Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation strategies. However …

Forest biomass monitoring is at the core of the research agenda due to the critical
importance of forest dynamics in the carbon cycle. However, forest biomass is never directly …

The advantages of associating shade trees in coffee agroforestry systems (AFS) are
generally thought to be restricted mostly to poor soil and sub-optimal ecological conditions …