Project
Linking leaf functional traits to taxonomic diversity: developing spectranomics in Québec's south-eastern temperate forestI will be leading the field-based biodiversity surveys at Parc national de Mont Mégantic, as a part of the larger effort of the Canadian Airborne Biodiversity Observatory (CABO). CABO aims to examine global drivers of plant biodiversity across Canada through spectranomics. Spectranomics uses remotely-sensed hyperspectral images to identify plant species and quantify foliar traits. For my doctoral research, I ask: (i) can remotely-sensed, hyperspectral data quantify forest community properties, and in turn, (ii) how do forest community properties vary across climate (elevation) and resource extraction (logging) gradients?
Keywords
Forest biodiversity, Leaf functional traits, Spectranomics, Hyperspectral imageryPublications
1- Changes in the understory plant community and ecosystem properties along a shrub density gradientCrofts, Anna L., Dennise O. Drury, Jennie R. McLaren
2018 Arctic Science
