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Felix Morsdorf is a Group Leader in the Geography Department at the University
of Zurich. He uses laser scanners, drones, and physical modeling to derive diversityrelated metrics of vegetation structure.
Scott Ollinger is a Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the
Environment at the University of New Hampshire. His research interests span a
variety of topics within the fields of ecology and biogeochemistry including carbon
and nitrogen cycling, forest productivity and succession, plant-soil interactions,
remote sensing, ecosystem modeling, and the effects of multiple environmental
stressors on forests.
Brian O’Meara studies macroevolution by developing and applying phylogenetic
models. He is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Stephanie Pau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at
Florida State University. Her research focuses on the diversity, structure, and function of forest and savanna systems, often combining field surveys with remote sensing imagery and statistical modeling.
Ryan Pavlick is a Research Technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology; working on observing and understanding Earth’s
biodiversity, terrestrial ecosystems and carbon cycle from space.
Andrea Paz has an MSc in Biology and is a PhD candidate at the City University
of New York, USA. She is interested in understanding the influence of environments
in determining species distributions and diversity patterns in the Neotropics.
Henrique Miguel Pereira is a Professor of Biodiversity Conservation at the
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) at the Martin-Luther
University Halle-Wittenberg and the co-chair of the Group on Earth Observations
Biodiversity Observation Network. His research uses a combination of field work,
long-term monitoring, and modeling to understand the drivers of global biodiversity
change.
Jesús N. Pinto-Ledezma is a Grand Challenge in Biology Postdoctoral Fellow in
the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota.
He works with both macroecological and evolutionary theory and methods with the
aim of understanding the processes that underlie biodiversity patterns at different
temporal and spatial scales.
Erika Podest is a scientist with the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Group at
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Her research focuses on
the use of microwave remote sensing for characterizing wetland inundation dynamics and vegetation growing season length in the northern high latitudes.
About the Authors
Felix Morsdorf is a Group Leader in the Geography Department at the University
of Zurich. He uses laser scanners, drones, and physical modeling to derive diversityrelated metrics of vegetation structure.
Scott Ollinger is a Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the
Environment at the University of New Hampshire. His research interests span a
variety of topics within the fields of ecology and biogeochemistry including carbon
and nitrogen cycling, forest productivity and succession, plant-soil interactions,
remote sensing, ecosystem modeling, and the effects of multiple environmental
stressors on forests.
Brian O’Meara studies macroevolution by developing and applying phylogenetic
models. He is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Stephanie Pau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at
Florida State University. Her research focuses on the diversity, structure, and function of forest and savanna systems, often combining field surveys with remote sensing imagery and statistical modeling.
Ryan Pavlick is a Research Technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology; working on observing and understanding Earth’s
biodiversity, terrestrial ecosystems and carbon cycle from space.
Andrea Paz has an MSc in Biology and is a PhD candidate at the City University
of New York, USA. She is interested in understanding the influence of environments
in determining species distributions and diversity patterns in the Neotropics.
Henrique Miguel Pereira is a Professor of Biodiversity Conservation at the
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) at the Martin-Luther
University Halle-Wittenberg and the co-chair of the Group on Earth Observations
Biodiversity Observation Network. His research uses a combination of field work,
long-term monitoring, and modeling to understand the drivers of global biodiversity
change.
Jesús N. Pinto-Ledezma is a Grand Challenge in Biology Postdoctoral Fellow in
the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota.
He works with both macroecological and evolutionary theory and methods with the
aim of understanding the processes that underlie biodiversity patterns at different
temporal and spatial scales.
Erika Podest is a scientist with the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Group at
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Her research focuses on
the use of microwave remote sensing for characterizing wetland inundation dynamics and vegetation growing season length in the northern high latitudes.
About the Authors