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 …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating technologies for scalable ecology and conservation

DC Marvin, LP Koh, AJ Lynam, S Wich… - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Integration of multiple technologies greatly increases the spatial and temporal scales over
which ecological patterns and processes can be studied, and threats to protected …

[HTML][HTML] Spectranomics: Emerging science and conservation opportunities at the interface of biodiversity and remote sensing

GP Asner, RE Martin - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
With the goal of advancing remote sensing in biodiversity science, Spectranomics
represents an emerging approach, and a suite of quantitative methods, intended to link plant …

Measuring short-term post-fire forest recovery across a burn severity gradient in a mixed pine-oak forest using multi-sensor remote sensing techniques

R Meng, J Wu, F Zhao, BD Cook, RP Hanavan… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding post-fire forest recovery is pivotal to the study of forest dynamics and global
carbon cycle. Field-based studies indicated a convex response of forest recovery rate to …

Using high spatial resolution satellite imagery to map forest burn severity across spatial scales in a Pine Barrens ecosystem

R Meng, J Wu, KL Schwager, F Zhao… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
As a primary disturbance agent, fire significantly influences local processes and services of
forest ecosystems. Although a variety of remote sensing based approaches have been …

Linking physiology, epidemiology, and demography: Understanding how lianas outcompete trees in a changing world

HPT De Deurwaerder, M Detto, MD Visser… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Extending and safeguarding tropical forest ecosystems is critical for combating climate
change and biodiversity loss. One of its constituents, lianas, is spreading and increasing in …

What mediates tree mortality during drought in the southern Sierra Nevada?

T Paz‐Kagan, PG Brodrick, NR Vaughn… - Ecological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Severe drought has the potential to cause selective mortality within a forest, thereby
inducing shifts in forest species composition. The southern Sierra Nevada foothills and …

Map** invasive alien plant species with very high spatial resolution and multi-date satellite imagery using object-based and machine learning techniques: A …

F Nininahazwe, J Théau, G Marc Antoine… - GIScience & Remote …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive alien plant species (IAPS) have negative impacts on ecosystems, including the loss
of biodiversity and the alteration of ecosystem functions. The strategy for mitigating these …

A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV s) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies

CE Waite, GMF van der Heijden… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests store and sequester large quantities of carbon, mitigating climate change.
Lianas (woody vines) are important tropical forest components, most conspicuous in the …

Remote Sensing of Tropical Forest Plant Composition, Diversity, and Function

S Bohlman - 2024 - smithsonian.figshare.com
Remote sensing is an important tool for analysis of composition, diversity, and function of
tropical forests on large spatial scales. The 50-ha forest inventory plot on Barro Colorado …