Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity
This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provi
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Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity
Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity
Jeannine Cavender-Bares • John A. Gamon Philip A. Townsend Editors
Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity
Editors Jeannine Cavender-Bares Ecology, Evolution & Behavior University of Minnesota Saint Paul, MN, USA Philip A. Townsend Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI, USA
John A. Gamon University of Nebraska–Lincoln, School of Natural Resources Lincoln, NE, USA University of Alberta, Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Foreword
At last, here it is. For some time now, the world has needed a text providing both a new theoretical foundation and practical guidance on how to approach the challenge of biodiversity decline in the Anthropocene. This is a global challenge demanding global approaches to understand its scope and implications. Until recently, we have simply lacked the tools to do so. We are now entering an era in which we can realistically begin to understand and monitor th
