Monitoring plant functional diversity from space

Jetz, Walter; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Pavlick, Ryan; Schimel, David; Davis, Frank W.; Asner, Gregory P.; Guralnick, Robert; Kattge, Jens; Latimer, Andrew M.; Moorcroft, Paul; Schaepman, Michael E.; Schildhauer, Mark P.; Schneider, Fabian D.; Schrodt, Franziska; Stahl, Ulrike; Ustin, Susan L.

doi:10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.24

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Monitoring plant functional diversity from space (2016)
Journal Article
Jetz, W., Cavender-Bares, J., Pavlick, R., Schimel, D., Davis, F. W., Asner, G. P., …Ustin, S. L. (2016). Monitoring plant functional diversity from space. Nature Plants, 2(3), Article 16039. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.24

The world’s ecosystems are losing biodiversity fast. A satellite mission designed to track changes in plant functional diversity around the globe could deepen our understanding of the pace and consequences of this change and how to manage it.