Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: recent advances and open challenges

D Rocchini, N Balkenhol, GA Carter, GM Foody… - Ecological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Environmental heterogeneity is considered to be one of the main factors associated with
biodiversity given that areas with highly heterogeneous environments can host more …

Satellite remote sensing to monitor species diversity: Potential and pitfalls

D Rocchini, DS Boyd, JB Féret… - Remote Sensing in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing the level of diversity in plant communities from field‐based data is difficult for a
number of practical reasons:(1) establishing the number of sampling units to be investigated …

Remote sensing of terrestrial plant biodiversity

R Wang, JA Gamon - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is essential to healthy ecosystem function, influencing productivity and
resilience to disturbance. Biodiversity loss endangers essential ecosystem services and …

Will remote sensing shape the next generation of species distribution models?

KS He, BA Bradley, AF Cord, D Rocchini… - Remote Sensing in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Two prominent limitations of species distribution models (SDM s) are spatial biases in
existing occurrence data and a lack of spatially explicit predictor variables to fully capture …

Stochastic community assembly causes higher biodiversity in more productive environments

JM Chase - Science, 2010 - science.org
Net primary productivity is a principal driver of biodiversity; large-scale regions with higher
productivity generally have more species. This pattern emerges because β-diversity …

Effects of rapid urbanization on vegetation cover in the metropolises of China over the last four decades

J Du, Q Fu, S Fang, J Wu, P He, Z Quan - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
A better understanding the effects of urbanization on vegetation is vital to promoting the
sustainable development of cities in China, which has also experienced the world's most …

Forgotten forests-issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study

T Särkinen, JRV Iganci, R Linares-Palomino, MF Simon… - BMC ecology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background South America is one of the most species diverse continents in the
world. Within South America diversity is not distributed evenly at both local and continental …

Fungal specificity and selectivity for algae play a major role in determining lichen partnerships across diverse ecogeographic regions in the lichen‐forming family …

SD Leavitt, E Kraichak, MP Nelsen… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial symbionts are instrumental to the ecological and long‐term evolutionary success
of their hosts, and the central role of symbiotic interactions is increasingly recognized across …

Advancing species diversity estimate by remotely sensed proxies: a conceptual review

D Rocchini, JL Hernández-Stefanoni, KS He - Ecological informatics, 2015 - Elsevier
Many geospatial tools have been advocated in spatial ecology to estimate biodiversity and
its changes over space and time. Such information is essential in designing effective …

Multi‐temporal assessment of grassland α‐and β‐diversity using hyperspectral imaging

H Gholizadeh, JA Gamon, CJ Helzer… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
While more and more studies are exploring the application of remote sensing in assessing
biodiversity for different ecosystems, most consider biodiversity at one point in time. Using …