Repository logo
 

An investigation into estimating productivity, above ground biomass and leaf area index of Eucalyptus grandis using remotely sensed data and a process-based model.

dc.contributor.advisorAhmed, Fethi B.
dc.contributor.advisorEsprey, Luke John.
dc.contributor.authorMzinyane, Thamsanqa Donges.
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-05T05:25:54Z
dc.date.available2011-08-05T05:25:54Z
dc.date.created2007
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritburg, 2007.en
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa depends largely on afforestation programs for its timber supplies due to the great demands for fiber and wood products. This has brought discomfort to other water users who have advocated that the effects of afforestation on water resources are detrimental to the country as a whole since South Africa is known as a water scarce country. This study has undertaken to integrate a process-based model and remote sensing data to estimate water use and productivity of Eucalyptus grandis in the Zululand areas of South Africa. The remote sensing techniques and recently developed "process based model" that is 3PG-S were used to estimate water use and productivity of Eucalyptus grandis, an economically important plantation species grown in the summer rainfall areas of South Africa. The study utilized monthly Landsat Thematic Mapper datasets and climatic data as inputs into the 3PG-S model, determined the Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Specific Leaf Area (SLA) through direct (destructive sampling) and indirect measurements (LiCor- 2000) and assessed the relationships between various vegetation indices (VI's) using correlation and regression analyses. The results suggest that all the indices, except the ratio VI, correlated significantly with LiCor-determined and destructively measured LAI values with both normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI) (r=0.86, pen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/3335
dc.subjectEucalyptus grandis--KwaZulu-Natal--Zululand--measurement.en
dc.subjectEucalyptus grandis--remote sensing.en
dc.subjectEucalyptus grandis--growth.en
dc.subjectLeaves--measurement.en
dc.subjectPlant biomass.en
dc.subjectForest biomass--research--KwaZulu-Natal--Zululand.en
dc.subjectEucalyptus grandis--research--KwaZulu-Natal--Zululand.en
dc.subjectForest management--research--KwaZulu-Natal--Zululand.en
dc.subjectTheses--Geography.en
dc.titleAn investigation into estimating productivity, above ground biomass and leaf area index of Eucalyptus grandis using remotely sensed data and a process-based model.en

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Mzinyane_Thamsanqa_2007.pdf
Size:
4.79 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Thesis.

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.64 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: