Exploring the spectral variation hypothesis for α- and β-diversity: a comparison of open vegetation and forests

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 64005 - 64015
• Main Authors: Wallis, Christine I B, Kothari, Shan, Jantzen, Johanna R, Crofts, Anna L, St-Jean, Sabine, Inamdar, Deep, Pablo Arroyo-Mora, J, Kalacska, Margaret, Bruneau, Anne, Coops, Nicholas C, Laliberté, Etienne, Vellend, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2024
• Subjects: Associated species; Biodiversity; Composition; Coniferous trees; Deciduous trees; diversity; Environmental gradient; Forests; hyperspectral; Hyperspectral imaging; Hypotheses; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant diversity; Plants; Spatial discrimination; Spatial resolution; Species composition; spectral diversity; Taxonomy; Variation; Vegetation; α-diversity; β-diversity

Airborne hyperspectral imaging holds great promise for estimating plant diversity and composition, given its unprecedented combination of aerial coverage, spatial resolution, and spectral detail. Recently, there has been renewed attention toward the spectral variation hypothesis (SVH), which predict...