Mapping functional diversity from remotely sensed morphological and physiological forest traits.
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SUBMITTER: Schneider FD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682291 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
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Mapping functional diversity from remotely sensed morphological and physiological forest traits.
Schneider Fabian D FD Morsdorf Felix F Schmid Bernhard B Petchey Owen L OL Hueni Andreas A Schimel David S DS Schaepman Michael E ME
Nature communications 20171113 1
Assessing functional diversity from space can help predict productivity and stability of forest ecosystems at global scale using biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. We present a new spatially continuous method to map regional patterns of tree functional diversity using combined laser scanning and imaging spectroscopy. The method does not require prior taxonomic information and integrates variation in plant functional traits between and within plant species. We compare our method wi ...[more]
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