An unprecedented spectroscopic data stream will soon become available with forthcoming
Earth-observing satellite missions equipped with imaging spectroradiometers. This data …

Forthcoming superspectral satellite missions dedicated to land monitoring, as well as
planned imaging spectrometers, will unleash an unprecedented data stream. The …

Feature extraction is of significance for hyperspectral image (HSI) classification. Compared
with conventional hand-crafted feature extraction, deep learning can automatically learn …

Topography is a key driver of tropical forest structure and composition, as it constrains local
nutrient and hydraulic conditions within which trees grow. Yet, we do not fully understand …

Twenty years ago, the Spectral Variation Hypothesis (SVH) was formulated as a means to
link between different aspects of biodiversity and spatial patterns of spectral data (eg …

To answer new scientific and ecological questions and monitor multiple forest changes, a
fine scale characterization of these ecosystems is needed, and could imply the map** of …

Map** tropical tree species at landscape scales to provide information for ecologists and
forest managers is a new challenge for the remote sensing community. For this purpose …

Biodiversity includes multiscalar and multitemporal structures and processes, with different
levels of functional organization, from genetic to ecosystemic levels. One of the mostly used …

Forests cover about 30% of the Earth surface, they are among the most biodiverse terrestrial
ecosystems and represent the bulk of many ecological processes and services. The …

Plant functional diversity (FD) is an important component of biodiversity that characterizes
the variability of functional traits within a community, landscape, or even large spatial scales …