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Integrated Observations and Informatics Improve Understanding of Changing Marine Ecosystems

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
Marine ecosystems have numerous benefits for human societies around the world and many policy initiatives now seek to maintain the health of these ecosystems.
Abigail Benson, Cassandra M. Brooks, Gabrielle Canonico, Emmett Duffy, Frank Muller-Karger, Heidi M. Sosik, Patricia Miloslavich, Patricia Miloslavich, Eduardo Klein   +8 more
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Towards implementing workflows for essential biodiversity variables at a European scaleZenodo

Global Ecology and Conservation
Biodiversity is declining, prompting new multilateral treaties and environmental legislation. To track the progress of these efforts, a comprehensive monitoring network is essential.
Maria Lumbierres, Marija Milanović, Pedro Beja, Aletta Bonn, Tom D. Breeze, Lluís Brotons, Néstor Fernández, Jessica Junker, Camino Liquete, Anne Lyche Solheim, Alejandra Morán Ordóñez, Francisco Moreira, Joana Santana, Stacy Shinneman, Bruno Smets, Henrique M. Pereira, Jose W. Valdez, Roy H.A. van Grunsven, W. Daniel Kissling   +18 more
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Forest Leaf Mass per Area (LMA) through the Eye of Optical Remote Sensing: A Review and Future Outlook

Remote Sensing, 2021
Quantitative remote sensing of leaf traits offers an opportunity to track biodiversity changes from space. Augmenting field measurement of leaf traits with remote sensing provides a pathway for monitoring essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) over ...
Tawanda W. Gara, Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, Roshanak Darvishzadeh   +2 more
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Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2019
Species distributions and abundances are undergoing rapid changes worldwide. This highlights the significance of reliable, integrated information for guiding and assessing actions and policies aimed at managing and sustaining the many functions and ...
W. Jetz, M. McGeoch, R. Guralnick, S. Ferrier, Jan Beck, Mark John Costello, Miguel Fernández, G. Geller, P. Keil, C. Merow, Carsten Meyer, F. Muller‐Karger, H. Pereira, E. Regan, D. Schmeller, E. Turak   +15 more
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Essential Biodiversity Variables: Integrating In-Situ Observations and Remote Sensing Through Modeling

Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity, 2020
Essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) are designed to support the detection and quantification of biodiversity change and to define priorities in biodiversity monitoring.
Néstor Fernández, S. Ferrier, L. Navarro, H. Pereira   +3 more
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A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Genetic Monitoring of Hard-Bottom Communities (ARMS-MBON)

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Marine hard-bottom communities are undergoing severe change under the influence of multiple drivers, notably climate change, extraction of natural resources, pollution and eutrophication, habitat degradation, and invasive species.
Matthias Obst, Katrina Exter, A. Louise Allcock, Christos Arvanitidis, Christos Arvanitidis, Alizz Axberg, Maria Bustamante, Ibon Cancio, Diego Carreira-Flores, Diego Carreira-Flores, Diego Carreira-Flores, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Nathan Chrismas, Melody S. Clark, Thierry Comtet, Thanos Dailianis, Neil Davies, Klaas Deneudt, Oihane Diaz de Cerio, Ana Fortič, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Pascal I. Hablützel, Kleoniki Keklikoglou, Kleoniki Keklikoglou, Georgios Kotoulas, Rafal Lasota, Barbara R. Leite, Barbara R. Leite, Barbara R. Leite, Stéphane Loisel, Laurent Lévêque, Liraz Levy, Magdalena Malachowicz, Borut Mavrič, Christopher Meyer, Jonas Mortelmans, Joanna Norkko, Nicolas Pade, Anne Marie Power, Andreja Ramšak, Henning Reiss, Jostein Solbakken, Peter A. Staehr, Per Sundberg, Jakob Thyrring, Jakob Thyrring, Jesus S. Troncoso, Jesus S. Troncoso, Frédérique Viard, Frédérique Viard, Roman Wenne, Eleni Ioanna Yperifanou, Eleni Ioanna Yperifanou, Malgorzata Zbawicka, Christina Pavloudi   +55 more
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Scale dependence in remotely sensed biodiversity: Leveraging continental‐scale imaging spectroscopy from the National Ecological Observatory Network

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Imaging spectroscopy enables large‐scale biodiversity assessment, yet spectral diversity metrics are scale dependent. Across 15 NEON ecosystems, we find that spectral richness increases sub‐linearly from 3600 m2 to 4 km2, whereas spectral divergence shows weak or inconsistent scaling with area, underscoring the importance of scale‐aware interpretation ...
Meghan T. Hayden, Matthew W. Rossi, Laura E. Dee, Kyle Kovach, Cibele H. Amaral, Jacob Nesslage, Madeline Slimp, Rachel S. Meyer, E. Natasha Stavros   +8 more
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Hunters as citizen scientists: Contributions to biodiversity monitoring in Europe

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Monitoring biodiversity characteristics at large scales and with adequate resolution requires considerable effort and resources. Overall, there is clearly a huge scope for European hunters, a special and often overlooked group of citizen scientist, to ...
Benjamin Cretois, John D.C. Linnell, Matthew Grainger, Erlend B. Nilsen, Jan Ketil Rød   +4 more
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Scalable low‐cost seabed landers: the missing link for sustained, integrated, long‐term observations in dynamic shallow seas

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Seabed landers, when equipped with a range of biotic and abiotic sensors, offer a non‐invasive and cost‐effective solution for ecosystem‐scale monitoring of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) in dynamic shallow seas.
Arienne Calonge, Roeland Develter, Carlota Muñiz, Clea Parcerisas, Jan Reubens, Wieter Boone, Klaas Deneudt, Elisabeth Debusschere   +7 more
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Assessing the multi-scale predictive ability of ecosystem functional attributes for species distribution modelling.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Global environmental changes are rapidly affecting species' distributions and habitat suitability worldwide, requiring a continuous update of biodiversity status to support effective decisions on conservation policy and management.
Salvador Arenas-Castro, João Gonçalves, Paulo Alves, Domingo Alcaraz-Segura, João P Honrado   +4 more
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