Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

Variety mixtures can provide a range of benefits for both the crop and the environment. Their
utility for the suppression of pathogens, especially in small grain crops, is well established …

Remote sensing of vegetation phenology has long been used to characterize ecosystem
functions and responses to climate at spatial and temporal scales unfeasible to field surveys …

Observing functional diversity continuously in time and space using satellite imagery forms
the basis for studying impact, interactions, and feedback of environmental change …

Functional diversity (FD) provides a link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning,
summarizing inter-and intra-specific variation of functional traits. However, quantifying plant …

Spectroscopy at the leaf and canopy scales has attracted considerable interest in plant
ecology over the past decades. Using reflectance spectra, ecologists can infer plant traits …

Understanding the grassland ecosystem is crucial for improving grassland ecosystem
functions and services such as climate regulation, water and soil conservation, carbon …

Biodiversity is rapidly changing due to changes in the climate and human related activities;
thus, the accurate predictions of species composition and diversity are critical to developing …

The relationship between biodiversity and spectral diversity is highly scale-dependent, and
temporal variation in leaf morphological, biochemical traits and canopy structure can alter …

More than ever, ecologists seek to employ herbarium collections to estimate plant functional
traits from the past and across biomes. However, many trait measurements are destructive …