Mapping functional diversity using individual tree-based morphological and physiological traits in a subtropical forest

Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research

(2020) Andrew Gonzalez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Simulating functional diversity of European natural forests along climatic gradients

(2020) Kirsten Thonicke et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Foliar functional traits from imaging spectroscopy across biomes in eastern North America

(2020) Zhihui Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources

(2020) R. Valbuena et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Monitoring Plant Functional Diversity Using the Reflectance and Echo from Space

(2020) Xuanlong Ma et al.   Remote Sensing

Towards mapping the diversity of canopy structure from space with GEDI

(2020) Fabian D. Schneider et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Mapping three-dimensional variation in leaf mass per area with imaging spectroscopy and lidar in a temperate broadleaf forest

(2020) Adam Chlus et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

A data science challenge for converting airborne remote sensing data into ecological information

(2019) Sergio Marconi et al.   PeerJ

Identifying architectural characteristics that determine tree structural complexity

(2019) Dominik Seidel et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Assessing Vegetation Function with Imaging Spectroscopy

(2019) J. A. Gamon et al.   SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS

Imaging Spectroscopy of Forest Ecosystems: Perspectives for the Use of Space-borne Hyperspectral Earth Observation Systems

(2019) Joachim Hill et al.   SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS

Does trait variation within broadly distributed species mirror patterns across species? A case study in Puerto Rico

(2019) María Natalia Umaña et al.   ECOLOGY

Big‐sized trees overrule remaining trees’ attributes and species richness as determinants of aboveground biomass in tropical forests

(2019) Arshad Ali et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of stand age, richness and density on productivity in subtropical forests in China

(2019) Shuai Ouyang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Flux towers in the sky: global ecology from space

(2019) David Schimel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variability and Uncertainty Challenges in Scaling Imaging Spectroscopy Retrievals and Validations from Leaves Up to Vegetation Canopies

(2019) Zbyněk Malenovský et al.   SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS

Growth–trait relationships in subtropical forest are stronger at higher diversity

(2019) Franca J. Bongers et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Comparing the accuracies of forest attributes predicted from airborne laser scanning and digital aerial photogrammetry in operational forest inventories

(2019) Lennart Noordermeer et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Remotely Sensing Variation in Ecological Strategies and Plant Traits of Willows in Perialpine Floodplains

(2019) G. Milani et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Defining a spectrum of integrative trait‐based vegetation canopy structural types

(2019) Robert T. Fahey et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Robustness of trait connections across environmental gradients and growth forms

(2019) Habacuc Flores‐Moreno et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Remote sensing of terrestrial plant biodiversity

(2019) Ran Wang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Concealed by darkness: How stand density can override the biodiversity benefits of mixed forests

(2019) P.‐O. Hedwall et al.   Ecosphere

Modeling tree diversity, stand structure and productivity of northern temperate coniferous forests of Mexico

(2019) José Návar   PeerJ

Inferring plant functional diversity from space: the potential of Sentinel-2

(2019) Xuanlong Ma et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

(2019) Jens Kattge et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Advanced Hyperspectral Imager: Aboard China's GaoFen-5 Satellite

(2019) Yin-Nian Liu et al.   IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Informing trait-based ecology by assessing remotely sensed functional diversity across a broad tropical temperature gradient

(2019) Sandra M. Durán et al.   Science Advances

Analyzing remotely sensed structural and chemical canopy traits of a forest invaded by Prunus serotina over multiple spatial scales

(2018) Michael Ewald et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Evaluation and selection of functional diversity metrics with recommendations for their use in life cycle assessments

(2018) Danish Ali Ahmed et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

An improved phenology-based CASA model for estimating net primary production of forest in central China based on Landsat images

(2018) Yanyan Pei et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Divergent drivers of leaf trait variation within species, among species, and among functional groups

(2018) Jeanne L. D. Osnas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

LiDAR derived forest structure data improves predictions of canopy N and P concentrations from imaging spectroscopy

(2018) Michael Ewald et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Forest species diversity mapping using airborne LiDAR and hyperspectral data in a subtropical forest in China

(2018) Yujin Zhao et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Retrieving structural and chemical properties of individual tree crowns in a highly diverse tropical forest with 3D radiative transfer modeling and imaging spectroscopy

(2018) Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying Vegetation Biophysical Variables from Imaging Spectroscopy Data: A Review on Retrieval Methods

(2018) Jochem Verrelst et al.   SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS

Why Functional Traits Do Not Predict Tree Demographic Rates

(2018) Jie Yang et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Close-range laser scanning in forests: towards physically based semantics across scales

(2018) F. Morsdorf et al.   Interface Focus

Monitoring individual tree-based change with airborne lidar

(2018) Laura Duncanson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

An Approach for Foliar Trait Retrieval from Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy of Tropical Forests

(2018) Roberta Martin et al.   Remote Sensing

Key ecological research questions for Central European forests

(2018) Christian Ammer et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests

(2018) Xiaojuan Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Leaf to canopy upscaling approach affects the estimation of canopy traits

(2018) Tawanda W. Gara et al.   GIScience & Remote Sensing

Estimating leaf mass per area and equivalent water thickness based on leaf optical properties: Potential and limitations of physical modeling and machine learning

(2018) J.-B. Féret et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

(2018) Yuanyuan Huang et al.   SCIENCE

Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities

(2017) Rosie A. Fisher et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Linking plant strategies and plant traits derived by radiative transfer modelling

(2017) Teja Kattenborn et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Biodiversity effects in the wild are common and as strong as key drivers of productivity

(2017) J. Emmett Duffy et al.   NATURE

Comparison of Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 in the estimation of boreal forest canopy cover and leaf area index

(2017) Lauri Korhonen et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Airborne laser-guided imaging spectroscopy to map forest trait diversity and guide conservation

(2017) G. P. Asner et al.   SCIENCE

Mapping functional diversity from remotely sensed morphological and physiological forest traits

(2017) Fabian D. Schneider et al.   Nature Communications

Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures

(2017) Laura J. Williams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Decomposing functional trait associations in a Chinese subtropical forest

(2017) Xuefei Li et al.   PLoS One

Tree species mixing can increase maximum stand density

(2016) Hans Pretzsch et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Trait variation and integration across scales: is the leaf economic spectrum present at local scales?

(2016) Julie Messier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

A forest structure habitat index based on airborne laser scanning data

(2016) Nicholas C. Coops et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Linking individual-level functional traits to tree growth in a subtropical forest

(2016) Xiaojuan Liu et al.   ECOLOGY

International Benchmarking of the Individual Tree Detection Methods for Modeling 3-D Canopy Structure for Silviculture and Forest Ecology Using Airborne Laser Scanning

(2016) Yunsheng Wang et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

Leaf aging of Amazonian canopy trees as revealed by spectral and physiochemical measurements

(2016) Cecilia Chavana-Bryant et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Large-scale climatic and geophysical controls on the leaf economics spectrum

(2016) Gregory P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

(2016) J. Liang et al.   SCIENCE

Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales

(2016) Carlos P. Carmona et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Tree-centric mapping of forest carbon density from airborne laser scanning and hyperspectral data

(2016) Michele Dalponte et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The Optimal Leaf Biochemical Selection for Mapping Species Diversity Based on Imaging Spectroscopy

(2016) Yujin Zhao et al.   Remote Sensing

Organismic-Scale Remote Sensing of Canopy Foliar Traits in Lowland Tropical Forests

(2016) K. Chadwick et al.   Remote Sensing

Vegetation Indices for Mapping Canopy Foliar Nitrogen in a Mixed Temperate Forest

(2016) Zhihui Wang et al.   Remote Sensing

Efficient Emulation of Radiative Transfer Codes Using Gaussian Processes and Application to Land Surface Parameter Inferences

(2016) José Gómez-Dans et al.   Remote Sensing

A Review of Processes Behind Diversity—Productivity Relationships in Forests

(2016) David I. Forrester et al.   Current Forestry Reports

Spectranomics: Emerging science and conservation opportunities at the interface of biodiversity and remote sensing

(2016) Gregory P. Asner et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Functional diversity exhibits a diverse relationship with area, even a decreasing one

(2016) Elpida K. Karadimou et al.   Scientific Reports

Imaging spectroscopy algorithms for mapping canopy foliar chemical and morphological traits and their uncertainties

(2015) Aditya Singh et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Species Diversity of Canopy Versus Understory Trees in a Neotropical Forest: Implications for Forest Structure, Function and Monitoring

(2015) Stephanie A. Bohlman   ECOSYSTEMS

Climate modifies tree interactions in terms of basal area growth and mortality in monospecific and mixed Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris forests

(2015) Sonia Condés et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Leaf and stem economics spectra drive diversity of functional plant traits in a dynamic global vegetation model

(2015) Boris Sakschewski et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Optical remote sensing and the retrieval of terrestrial vegetation bio-geophysical properties – A review

(2015) Jochem Verrelst et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Plant trait distribution and the spatial reorganization of tree assemblages in a fragmented tropical forest landscape

(2015) Gabriel Mendes et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Advanced radiometry measurements and Earth science applications with the Airborne Prism Experiment (APEX)

(2015) Michael E. Schaepman et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Multi-method ensemble selection of spectral bands related to leaf biochemistry

(2015) Hannes Feilhauer et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Remotely estimating photosynthetic capacity, and its response to temperature, in vegetation canopies using imaging spectroscopy

(2015) Shawn P. Serbin et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying forest canopy traits: Imaging spectroscopy versus field survey

(2015) Gregory P. Asner et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Testing the ability of functional diversity indices to detect trait convergence and divergence using individual-based simulation

(2015) Zoltán Botta-Dukát et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Fast and nondestructive method for leaf level chlorophyll estimation using hyperspectral LiDAR

(2014) Olli Nevalainen et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Spectroscopic determination of leaf morphological and biochemical traits for northern temperate and boreal tree species

(2014) Shawn P. Serbin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Isolating individual trees in a closed coniferous forest using small footprint lidar data

(2014) Dan Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

The emergence and promise of functional biogeography

(2014) C. Violle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Simulating imaging spectrometer data: 3D forest modeling based on LiDAR and in situ data

(2014) Fabian D. Schneider et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Estimation of water-related biochemical and biophysical vegetation properties using multitemporal airborne hyperspectral data and its comparison to MODIS spectral response

(2014) A. Casas et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Forest community survey and the structural characteristics of forests in China

(2013) Jingyun Fang et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Review of optical-based remote sensing for plant trait mapping

(2013) Lucie Homolová et al.   Ecological Complexity

Characterizing scale-dependent community assembly using the functional-diversity–area relationship

(2013) Adam B. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests

(2013) Paloma Ruiz-Benito et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Filling invalid values in a lidar-derived canopy height model with morphological crown control

(2013) Dan Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Accounting for geographical variation in species-area relationships improves the prediction of plant species richness at the global scale

(2013) Katharina Gerstner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits and its relevance to community assembly

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biodiversity Promotes Tree Growth during Succession in Subtropical Forest

(2013) Martin Barrufol et al.   PLoS One

Retrieval of spruce leaf chlorophyll content from airborne image data using continuum removal and radiative transfer

(2013) Zbyněk Malenovský et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Use of an Airborne Lidar System to Model Plant Species Composition and Diversity of Mediterranean Oak Forests

(2012) WILLIAM D. SIMONSON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Inferring community assembly mechanisms from functional diversity patterns: the importance of multiple assembly processes

(2012) Marko J. Spasojevic et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Key canopy traits drive forest productivity

(2012) P. B. Reich   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An International Comparison of Individual Tree Detection and Extraction Using Airborne Laser Scanning

(2012) Harri Kaartinen et al.   Remote Sensing

A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review

(2011) Eric Garnier et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Individual-scale variation, species-scale differences: inference needed to understand diversity

(2011) James S. Clark et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America

(2011) Nathan G. Swenson et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Beyond species: functional diversity and the maintenance of ecological processes and services

(2011) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Mapping plant strategy types using remote sensing

(2011) Sebastian Schmidtlein et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Functional traits of individual trees reveal ecological constraints on community assembly in tropical rain forests

(2011) C. E. Timothy Paine et al.   OIKOS

Optimizing spectral indices and chemometric analysis of leaf chemical properties using radiative transfer modeling

(2011) Jean-Baptiste Féret et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

A user's guide to functional diversity indices

(2010) D. Schleuter et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Plant geography upon the basis of functional traits: an example from eastern North American trees

(2010) Nathan G. Swenson et al.   ECOLOGY

A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules

(2010) Maud A. Mouchet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

(2010) Alain Paquette et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Sources of variability in canopy reflectance and the convergent properties of plants

(2010) S. V. Ollinger   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Remote sensing of plant functional types

(2010) Susan L. Ustin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of different sensors and leaf-on and leaf-off canopy conditions on echo distributions and individual tree properties derived from airborne laser scanning

(2010) Hans Ole Ørka et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Modeling approaches to estimate effective leaf area index from aerial discrete-return LIDAR

(2009) Jeffrey J. Richardson et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Community niche predicts the functioning of denitrifying bacterial assemblages

(2009) Joana F. Salles et al.   ECOLOGY

Quantitative forest canopy structure assessment using an inverted geometric‐optical model and up‐scaling

(2009) Yuan Zeng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Global patterns in plant height

(2009) Angela T. Moles et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Retrieval of foliar information about plant pigment systems from high resolution spectroscopy

(2009) Susan L. Ustin et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Earth system science related imaging spectroscopy—An assessment

(2009) Michael E. Schaepman et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Classifying species of individual trees by intensity and structure features derived from airborne laser scanner data

(2009) Hans Ole Ørka et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

High resolution satellite imagery for tropical biodiversity studies: the devil is in the detail

(2008) Harini Nagendra et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

Airborne spectranomics: mapping canopy chemical and taxonomic diversity in tropical forests

(2008) Gregory P Asner et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Scaling-based forest structural change detection using an inverted geometric-optical model in the Three Gorges region of China

(2008) Y ZENG et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

The use of airborne lidar to assess avian species diversity, density, and occurrence in a pine/aspen forest

(2008) Rick Clawges et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Spectral and chemical analysis of tropical forests: Scaling from leaf to canopy levels

(2008) G ASNER et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT