Landscape complexity and spatial scale influence the relationship between remotely sensed spectral diversity and survey-based plant species richness

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 688-698

  Rocchini, Duccio ^a   McGlinn, Daniel ^b   Ricotta, Carlo ^c   Neteler, Markus ^a   Wohlgemuth, Thomas ^d  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring programmes; Ecoinformatics; Rarefaction; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Species diversity; Spectral diversity; Switzerland; Vegetation databases

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPLEXITY; DATABASE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SMOOTHING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79960089810     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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