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1.5 The Origins of the Book
Before closing, we offer a note of acknowledgment on how this book came into existence. The editors, who themselves have contrasting backgrounds spanning several
disciplines, were collaboratively funded, starting in 2013, by the US National Science
Foundation (NSF) and the NASA Dimensions of Biodiversity program on the project
Linking remotely sensed optical diversity to genetic, phylogenetic and functional
diversity to predict ecosystem processes (DEB-1342872,1342778). We worked
together in several field sites for 5 years to advance our own understanding approaches
for remote detection of plant biodiversity. The importance and high potential for
rapid advances, as well as the need for the involvement of numerous experts, were
obvious from the start. With support from the National Institute for Mathematical
and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) for the working group on Remote Sensing of
Biodiversity, we brought together many of the experts represented within the book,
including a symposium in the fall of 2018 where authors shared their work and provided feedback to each other. Further interactions were fostered by the National
Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), annual meetings of the
NASA Biological Diversity and Ecological Forecasting Program, the Keck Institute
for Space Studies, the NSF Research Coordination Network on Biodiversity across
scales, and bioDISCOVERY, an international research program fostering collaborative interdisciplinary activities on biodiversity and ecosystem science. bioDISCOVERY, which is part of Future Earth and is hosted and supported by the University
Zürich’s University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity,
provided generous financial support for the editing process. Additional financial support was provided by the NSF RCN (DEB: 1745562) and the Keck Institute for
Space Studies. Mary Hoff served as technical editor for all of the chapters in the
book. We express gratitude to all of these institutions and our many colleagues who
contributed to the conception of this work along the way.
References
Beech E, Rivers M, Oldfield S, Smith PP (2017) GlobalTreeSearch: the first complete global database of tree species and country distributions. J Sustain For 36:454–489
Cavender-Bares J, Gamon JA, Hobbie SE, Madritch MD, Meireles JE, Schweiger AK, Townsend
PA (2017) Harnessing plant spectra to integrate the biodiversity sciences across biological and
spatial scales. Am J Bot 104:1–4. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1700061
Díaz S, Demissew S, Carabias J, Joly C, Lonsdale M, Ash N, Larigauderie A, Adhikari JR, Arico S,
Báldi A, Bartuska A, Baste IA, Bilgin A, Brondizio E, Chan KMA, Figueroa VE, Duraiappah
A, Fischer M, Hill R, Koetz T, Leadley P, Lyver P, Mace GM, Martin-Lopez B, Okumura M,
Pacheco D, Pascual U, Pérez ES, Reyers B (2015) The IPBES conceptual framework—connecting nature and people. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 14:1–16
Gamon JA (2008) Tropical remote sensing – opportunities and challenges. In: Kalacska M,
Sanchez-Azofeifa GA (eds) Hyperspectral remote sensing of tropical and subtropical forests.
CRC Press. Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 297–304
1 The Use of Remote Sensing to Enhance Biodiversity Monitoring and Detection…
1.5 The Origins of the Book
Before closing, we offer a note of acknowledgment on how this book came into existence. The editors, who themselves have contrasting backgrounds spanning several
disciplines, were collaboratively funded, starting in 2013, by the US National Science
Foundation (NSF) and the NASA Dimensions of Biodiversity program on the project
Linking remotely sensed optical diversity to genetic, phylogenetic and functional
diversity to predict ecosystem processes (DEB-1342872,1342778). We worked
together in several field sites for 5 years to advance our own understanding approaches
for remote detection of plant biodiversity. The importance and high potential for
rapid advances, as well as the need for the involvement of numerous experts, were
obvious from the start. With support from the National Institute for Mathematical
and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) for the working group on Remote Sensing of
Biodiversity, we brought together many of the experts represented within the book,
including a symposium in the fall of 2018 where authors shared their work and provided feedback to each other. Further interactions were fostered by the National
Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), annual meetings of the
NASA Biological Diversity and Ecological Forecasting Program, the Keck Institute
for Space Studies, the NSF Research Coordination Network on Biodiversity across
scales, and bioDISCOVERY, an international research program fostering collaborative interdisciplinary activities on biodiversity and ecosystem science. bioDISCOVERY, which is part of Future Earth and is hosted and supported by the University
Zürich’s University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity,
provided generous financial support for the editing process. Additional financial support was provided by the NSF RCN (DEB: 1745562) and the Keck Institute for
Space Studies. Mary Hoff served as technical editor for all of the chapters in the
book. We express gratitude to all of these institutions and our many colleagues who
contributed to the conception of this work along the way.
References
Beech E, Rivers M, Oldfield S, Smith PP (2017) GlobalTreeSearch: the first complete global database of tree species and country distributions. J Sustain For 36:454–489
Cavender-Bares J, Gamon JA, Hobbie SE, Madritch MD, Meireles JE, Schweiger AK, Townsend
PA (2017) Harnessing plant spectra to integrate the biodiversity sciences across biological and
spatial scales. Am J Bot 104:1–4. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1700061
Díaz S, Demissew S, Carabias J, Joly C, Lonsdale M, Ash N, Larigauderie A, Adhikari JR, Arico S,
Báldi A, Bartuska A, Baste IA, Bilgin A, Brondizio E, Chan KMA, Figueroa VE, Duraiappah
A, Fischer M, Hill R, Koetz T, Leadley P, Lyver P, Mace GM, Martin-Lopez B, Okumura M,
Pacheco D, Pascual U, Pérez ES, Reyers B (2015) The IPBES conceptual framework—connecting nature and people. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 14:1–16
Gamon JA (2008) Tropical remote sensing – opportunities and challenges. In: Kalacska M,
Sanchez-Azofeifa GA (eds) Hyperspectral remote sensing of tropical and subtropical forests.
CRC Press. Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 297–304
1 The Use of Remote Sensing to Enhance Biodiversity Monitoring and Detection…