Combatting global grassland degradation

RD Bardgett, JM Bullock, S Lavorel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to
support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Yet, grasslands are largely …

NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel… - Remote sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

DNA barcoding, an effective tool for species identification: a review

S Antil, JS Abraham, S Sripoorna, S Maurya… - Molecular biology …, 2023 - Springer
DNA barcoding is a powerful taxonomic tool to identify and discover species. DNA
barcoding utilizes one or more standardized short DNA regions for taxon identification. With …

Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research

A Gonzalez, RM Germain, DS Srivastava… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily
focused on small scales. We review the current theory and identify six expectations for scale …

Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space

AK Skidmore, NC Coops, E Neinavaz, A Ali… - Nature ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Monitoring global biodiversity from space through remotely sensing geospatial patterns has
high potential to add to our knowledge acquired by field observation. Although a framework …

A framework for the detection and attribution of biodiversity change

A Gonzalez, JM Chase… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The causes of biodiversity change are of great scientific interest and central to policy efforts
aimed at meeting biodiversity targets. Changes in species diversity and high rates of …

Application of machine learning algorithms in plant breeding: predicting yield from hyperspectral reflectance in soybean

M Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi, HJ Earl, D Tulpan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recent substantial advances in high-throughput field phenoty** have provided plant
breeders with affordable and efficient tools for evaluating a large number of genotypes for …

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 …

A best-practice guide to predicting plant traits from leaf-level hyperspectral data using partial least squares regression

AC Burnett, J Anderson, KJ Davidson… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Partial least squares regression (PLSR) modelling is a statistical technique for correlating
datasets, and involves the fitting of a linear regression between two matrices. One …

Diversification, adaptation, and community assembly of the American oaks (Quercus), a model clade for integrating ecology and evolution

J Cavender‐Bares - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 669 I. Model clades for the study and integration of ecology and
evolution 670 II. Oaks: an important model clade 671 III. Insights from the history of the …