Plant beta-diversity across biomes captured by imaging spectroscopy
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Anna K. Schweiger; Etienne Laliberté
- Source
- Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2022)
- Subject
- Science
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
Spaceborne spectroscopy is a promising tool to monitor vegetation globally. Here, the authors combine airborne spectroscopy and field-based vegetation data to demonstrate that spectral imagery from upcoming satellite missions can be used to capture changes in plant species composition across biomes.