Mapping tropical forest canopy diversity using high‐fidelity imaging spectroscopy

• Published in: Ecological applications Vol. 24; no. 6; p. 1289
• Main Authors: Féret, Jean-Baptiste, Asner, Gregory P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Forests; Geographic Mapping; Peru; Spectrum Analysis - methods; Tropical Climate

There is a growing need for operational biodiversity mapping methods to quantify and to assess the impact of climate change, habitat alteration, and human activity on ecosystem composition and function. Here, we present an original method for the estimation of α- and β-diversity of tropical forests...