Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: Recent advances and open challenges

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 318-329

  Rocchini, Duccio ^a   Balkenhol, Niko ^b   Carter, Gregory A ^c,d   Foody, Giles M ^e   Gillespie, Thomas W ^f   He, Kate S ^g   Kark, Salit ^h   Levin, Noam ^h   Lucas, Kelly ^c   Luoto, Miska ⁱ   Nagendra, Harini ^j,k   Oldeland, Jens ^l,m   Ricotta, Carlo ⁿ   Southworth, Jane ^o   Neteler, Markus ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^m GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁿ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Airborne sensors; Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Distance decay; Environmental heterogeneity; Satellite imagery; Spectral Variation Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIVERSITY INDEX; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NICHE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 77956878537     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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