Can hyperspectral reflectance predict the response of leaf photosynthesis, nutrients, and pigments to less frequency, larger magnitude rainfall pulses in a semiarid C4 grassland?
William Kolby Smith1, Xian Wang2, Daphna Uni3, Jessica Sijia Guo4, Dr. Joel A Biederman, PhD5, Hamid Dashti6, Min Chen6, Barry A Logan7, Fangyue Zhang3, Nathan Pierce5, Sasha Reed8, Andrew Feldman9, Daniel L Potts10, Russell Scott5, David JP Moore1, Wen Zhang1 and Jacob Blais11, (1)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Indiana University, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, United States, (4)Harvey Mudd College, Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment/Biology, Claremont, United States, (5)USDA-ARS, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, United States, (6)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States, (7)Bowdoin College, Biology, Brunswick, United States, (8)U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, United States, (9)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (10)SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, (11)Northern Arizona University, Biology, Flagstaff, United States
