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

K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel… - Remote sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

Application of reflectance indices for remote sensing of plants and revealing actions of stressors

A Kior, V Sukhov, E Sukhova - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental conditions are very changeable; fluctuations in temperature, precipitation,
illumination intensity, and other factors can decrease a plant productivity and crop. The …

TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

UAV data as alternative to field sampling to map woody invasive species based on combined Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data

T Kattenborn, J Lopatin, M Förster, AC Braun… - Remote sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Invasive plant species can pose major threats to biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and
services. Satellite based remote sensing has evolved as an important technology to spatially …

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

Z Wang, A Chlus, R Geygan, Z Ye, T Zheng… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Foliar functional traits are widely used to characterize leaf and canopy properties that drive
ecosystem processes and to infer physiological processes in Earth system models. Imaging …

TRY–a global database of plant traits

J Kattge, S Diaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice… - Global change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

About the link between biodiversity and spectral variation

FE Fassnacht, J Müllerová, L Conti… - Applied Vegetation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The spectral variability hypothesis (SVH) suggests a link between spectral variation and
plant biodiversity. The underlying assumptions are that higher spectral variation in canopy …

From spectra to plant functional traits: Transferable multi-trait models from heterogeneous and sparse data

E Cherif, H Feilhauer, K Berger, PD Dao… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large-scale information on several vegetation properties ('plant traits') is critical to assess
ecosystem functioning, functional diversity and their role in the Earth system. Hyperspectral …

Spatial resolution, spectral metrics and biomass are key aspects in estimating plant species richness from spectral diversity in species‐rich grasslands

C Rossi, M Kneubühler, M Schütz… - Remote Sensing in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing evidence suggests that remotely sensed spectral diversity is linked to plant
species richness. However, a conflicting spectral diversity–biodiversity relationship in …

Citizen science plant observations encode global trait patterns

S Wolf, MD Mahecha, FM Sabatini, C Wirth… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Global maps of plant functional traits are essential for studying the dynamics of the terrestrial
biosphere, yet the spatial distribution of trait measurements remains sparse. With the …