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B.e.l. Cerabolini

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A Methodology to Derive Global Maps of Leaf Traits Using Remote Sensing and Climate Data

2018

This paper introduces a modular processing chain to derive global high-resolution maps of leaf traits. In particular, we present global maps at 500 m resolution of specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf nitrogen and phosphorus content per dry mass, and leaf nitrogen/phosphorus ratio. The processing chain exploits machine learning techniques along with optical remote sensing data (MODIS/Landsat) and climate data for gap filling and up-scaling of in-situ measured leaf traits. The chain first uses random forests regression with surrogates to fill gaps in the database (> 45% of missing entries) and maximizes the global representativeness of the trait dataset. Plant species are then a…

0106 biological sciencesFOS: Computer and information sciences010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesSpecific leaf areaClimateBos- en LandschapsecologieSoil ScienceFOS: Physical sciencesApplied Physics (physics.app-ph)010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesStatistics - ApplicationsGoodness of fitAbundance (ecology)Machine learningForest and Landscape EcologyApplications (stat.AP)Computers in Earth SciencesPlant ecologyVegetatie0105 earth and related environmental sciencesRemote sensingMathematics2. Zero hungerPlant traitsVegetationData stream miningClimate; Landsat; Machine learning; MODIS; Plant ecology; Plant traits; Random forests; Remote sensing; Soil Science; Geology; Computers in Earth SciencesGlobal MapRegression analysisGeologyPhysics - Applied Physics15. Life on landRandom forestsRemote sensingPE&RCRandom forestMODISTraitVegetatie Bos- en LandschapsecologieVegetation Forest and Landscape EcologyLandsat
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The SISV support to the implementation of a national manual for monitoring the Habitats of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy.

2016

The 4th National Report ex Art. 17 of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy (period 2013-2018) will try to fill a number of gaps still affecting the former versions of the Italian Reports, where territorial data were still missing for large parts of the country and the assessment was mostly based on the use of the expert opinion. Similar inconsistencies also emerged in other European countries (State of nature in the EU, EEA 2015). In order to reach this aim, a nationally shared protocol for monitoring the vegetation-based Annex I Habitats is currently under development. The most prominent issues addressed by the ongoing project are: i) fixing standardized, updated and scientifically grounded me…

Habitat Natura 2000 monitoring ItalyBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION STATUS HABITAT DIRECTIVE VEGETATIONSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
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