Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset

About the link between biodiversity and spectral variation

(2022) Fabian Ewald Fassnacht et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Current and near-term advances in Earth observation for ecological applications

(2021) Susan L. Ustin et al.   Ecological Processes

Which optical traits enable an estimation of tree species diversity based on the Spectral Variation Hypothesis?

(2021) Michele Torresani et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Measuring diversity from space: a global view of the free and open source rasterdiv R package under a coding perspective

(2021) Elisa Thouverai et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

From zero to infinity: Minimum to maximum diversity of the planet by spatio‐parametric Rao’s quadratic entropy

(2021) Duccio Rocchini et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Plant spectral diversity as a surrogate for species, functional and phylogenetic diversity across a hyper‐diverse biogeographic region

(2021) Henry A. Frye et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Tree species classification from airborne hyperspectral and LiDAR data using 3D convolutional neural networks

(2021) Janne Mäyrä et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

(2021) Kerry Cawse-Nicholson et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

From Remote Sensing to Species Distribution Modelling: An Integrated Workflow to Monitor Spreading Species in Key Grassland Habitats

(2021) Walter De Simone et al.   Remote Sensing

Author Correction: Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space

(2021) Andrew K. Skidmore et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

BILBI: Supporting global biodiversity assessment through high-resolution macroecological modelling

(2020) Andrew J. Hoskins et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

VIS-NIR, Red-Edge and NIR-Shoulder Based Normalized Vegetation Indices Response to Co-Varying Leaf and Canopy Structural Traits in Heterogeneous Grasslands

(2020) Hafiz Ali Imran et al.   Remote Sensing

Height variation hypothesis: A new approach for estimating forest species diversity with CHM LiDAR data

(2020) Michele Torresani et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

(2020) David Leclère et al.   NATURE

Protecting Biodiversity (in All Its Complexity): New Models and Methods

(2020) Laura J. Pollock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning

(2020) Fons van der Plas et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

From local spectral species to global spectral communities: A benchmark for ecosystem diversity estimate by remote sensing

(2020) Duccio Rocchini et al.   Ecological Informatics

Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations

(2019) Walter Jetz et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Reconciling the contribution of environmental and stochastic structuring of tropical forest diversity through the lens of imaging spectroscopy

(2019) Boris Bongalov et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

biodivMapR: an R package for α‐ and β‐diversity mapping using remotely‐sensed images

(2019) J.‐B. Féret et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Partitioning plant spectral diversity into alpha and beta components

(2019) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant spectral diversity integrates functional and phylogenetic components of biodiversity and predicts ecosystem function

(2018) Anna K. Schweiger et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Measuring β-diversity by remote sensing: A challenge for biodiversity monitoring

(2018) Duccio Rocchini et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits

(2018) W. Daniel Kissling et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Classification of plant communities and fuzzy diversity of vegetation systems

(2018) E. Feoli   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

The spectral variability hypothesis does not hold across landscapes

(2017) Sebastian Schmidtlein 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

Timing Is Important: Unmanned Aircraft vs. Satellite Imagery in Plant Invasion Monitoring

(2017) Jana Müllerová et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The use of vegetation series to assess α and β vegetation diversity and their relationships with geodiversity in the province of Almeria (Spain) with watersheds as operational geographic units

(2016) J. J. Ibáñez et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales

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

Tree Species Abundance Predictions in a Tropical Agricultural Landscape with a Supervised Classification Model and Imbalanced Data

(2016) Sarah Graves et al.   Remote Sensing

The Sensitivity of Mapping Methods to Reference Data Quality: Training Supervised Image Classifications with Imperfect Reference Data

(2016) Giles Foody et al.   ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

The use of fuzzy plant species density to indicate the effects of land-cover changes on biodiversity

(2015) Lara Ibrahim et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Environmental science: Agree on biodiversity metrics to track from space

(2015) Andrew K. Skidmore et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

From plant functional types to plant functional traits

(2015) Yanzheng Yang et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Disentangling the role of remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy for North American plant species richness

(2014) D. Rocchini et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Mapping tropical forest canopy diversity using high-fidelity imaging spectroscopy

(2014) Jean-Baptiste Féret et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Incorporating spatial information in spectral unmixing: A review

(2014) Chen Shi et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Essential Biodiversity Variables

(2013) H. M. Pereira et al.   SCIENCE

Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change

(2012) Akira S. Mori et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Uncertainty in ecosystem mapping by remote sensing

(2012) Duccio Rocchini et al.   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

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

Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: Recent advances and open challenges

(2010) Duccio Rocchini et al.   Ecological Informatics

What is up? Testing spectral heterogeneity versus NDVI relationship using quantile regression

(2010) Duccio Rocchini et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Remote sensing of plant functional types

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

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

(2008) Harini Nagendra et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Inventory, differentiation, and proportional diversity: a consistent terminology for quantifying species diversity

(2008) Gerald Jurasinski et al.   OECOLOGIA

Invasive species detection in Hawaiian rainforests using airborne imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR

(2008) Gregory P. Asner 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

Planning restoration in a cultural landscape in Italy using an object-based approach and historical analysis

(2007) Michela Marignani et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING