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10 Remote Sensing of Geodiversity as a Link to Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . 225
Sydne Record, Kyla M. Dahlin, Phoebe L. Zarnetske,
Quentin D. Read, Sparkle L. Malone, Keith D. Gaddis,
John M. Grady, Jennifer Costanza, Martina L. Hobi,
Andrew M. Latimer, Stephanie Pau, Adam M. Wilson,
Scott V. Ollinger, Andrew O. Finley, and Erin Hestir
11 Predicting Patterns of Plant Diversity and Endemism
in the Tropics Using Remote Sensing Data:
A Study Case from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Andrea Paz, Marcelo Reginato, Fabián A. Michelangeli,
Renato Goldenberg, Mayara K. Caddah, Julián Aguirre-Santoro,
Miriam Kaehler, Lúcia G. Lohmann, and Ana Carnaval
12 Remote Detection of Invasive Alien Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Erik A. Bolch, Maria J. Santos, Christiana Ade, Shruti Khanna,
Nicholas T. Basinger, Martin O. Reader, and Erin L. Hestir
13 A Range of Earth Observation Techniques
for Assessing Plant Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Angela Lausch, Marco Heurich, Paul Magdon, Duccio Rocchini,
Karsten Schulz, Jan Bumberger, and Doug J. King
14 How the Optical Properties of Leaves Modify the Absorption
and Scattering of Energy and Enhance Leaf Functionality . . . . . . . . 349
Susan L. Ustin and Stéphane Jacquemoud
15 Spectral Field Campaigns: Planning and Data Collection . . . . . . . . . 385
Anna K. Schweiger
16 Consideration of Scale in Remote Sensing of Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . 425
John A. Gamon, Ran Wang, Hamed Gholizadeh, Brian Zutta,
Phil A. Townsend, and Jeannine Cavender-Bares
17 Integrating Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, and Auxiliary
Information for the Study of Ecosystem Functioning
and Conservation at Large Spatial Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Franziska Schrodt, Betsabe de la Barreda Bautista,
Christopher Williams, Doreen S. Boyd, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub,
and Maria J. Santos
18 Essential Biodiversity Variables: Integrating
In-Situ Observations and Remote Sensing
Through Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Néstor Fernández, Simon Ferrier, Laetitia M. Navarro,
and Henrique M. Pereira
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10 Remote Sensing of Geodiversity as a Link to Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . 225
Sydne Record, Kyla M. Dahlin, Phoebe L. Zarnetske,
Quentin D. Read, Sparkle L. Malone, Keith D. Gaddis,
John M. Grady, Jennifer Costanza, Martina L. Hobi,
Andrew M. Latimer, Stephanie Pau, Adam M. Wilson,
Scott V. Ollinger, Andrew O. Finley, and Erin Hestir
11 Predicting Patterns of Plant Diversity and Endemism
in the Tropics Using Remote Sensing Data:
A Study Case from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Andrea Paz, Marcelo Reginato, Fabián A. Michelangeli,
Renato Goldenberg, Mayara K. Caddah, Julián Aguirre-Santoro,
Miriam Kaehler, Lúcia G. Lohmann, and Ana Carnaval
12 Remote Detection of Invasive Alien Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Erik A. Bolch, Maria J. Santos, Christiana Ade, Shruti Khanna,
Nicholas T. Basinger, Martin O. Reader, and Erin L. Hestir
13 A Range of Earth Observation Techniques
for Assessing Plant Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Angela Lausch, Marco Heurich, Paul Magdon, Duccio Rocchini,
Karsten Schulz, Jan Bumberger, and Doug J. King
14 How the Optical Properties of Leaves Modify the Absorption
and Scattering of Energy and Enhance Leaf Functionality . . . . . . . . 349
Susan L. Ustin and Stéphane Jacquemoud
15 Spectral Field Campaigns: Planning and Data Collection . . . . . . . . . 385
Anna K. Schweiger
16 Consideration of Scale in Remote Sensing of Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . 425
John A. Gamon, Ran Wang, Hamed Gholizadeh, Brian Zutta,
Phil A. Townsend, and Jeannine Cavender-Bares
17 Integrating Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, and Auxiliary
Information for the Study of Ecosystem Functioning
and Conservation at Large Spatial Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Franziska Schrodt, Betsabe de la Barreda Bautista,
Christopher Williams, Doreen S. Boyd, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub,
and Maria J. Santos
18 Essential Biodiversity Variables: Integrating
In-Situ Observations and Remote Sensing
Through Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Néstor Fernández, Simon Ferrier, Laetitia M. Navarro,
and Henrique M. Pereira
Contents