Analysis of the functional diversity of the herbaceous stratum in a ‘dehesa’ ecosystem using in situ hyperspectral proximal sensing

Authors

  • Carlos Gonzalo Laboratorio de Espectro-radiometría y Teledetección Ambiental (SpecLab), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
  • Vicente Burchard-Levine Laboratorio de Espectro-radiometría y Teledetección Ambiental (SpecLab), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
  • Víctor Rolo Grupo de Investigación Forestal, INDEHESA, Universidad de Extremadura
  • Rosario González-Cascón Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Agronomía, INIA-CSIC
  • Gerardo Moreno Grupo de Investigación Forestal, INDEHESA, Universidad de Extremadura
  • M. Pilar Martín Laboratorio de Espectro-radiometría y Teledetección Ambiental (SpecLab), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.5325

Keywords:

biophysical variables, vegetation indices, functional diversity, hyperspectral data, grasslands

Abstract

The aim of this paper is the estimation of functional diversity (FD) of the herbaceous stratum in a ‘dehesa’ ecosystem using hyperspectral data obtained with an ASD FieldSpec® 3 (Analytical Spectral Devices Inc., Boulder, CO, EE. UU.) spectroradiometer. Optical data were correlated with biophysical variables (specific leaf area (SLA), above-ground biomass (AGB), leaf area index (LAI) and nitrogen content (N%)) and traditional diversity indices (Shannon and Evenness) and functional diversity indices (FDis) using as predictor variables: a) vegetation indices (VIs) and simple regression methods, and b) spectral bands and Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR). Correlations, especially with biophysical variables, improved substantially when using hyperspectral information (R2 >0.6, rRMSE <0.1), which confirms the interest of the spectral dimension to estimate the functional diversity of a complex ecosystem such as semi-arid grasslands.

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Gonzalo C, Burchard-Levine V, Rolo V, González-Cascón R, Moreno G, Martín MP. Analysis of the functional diversity of the herbaceous stratum in a ‘dehesa’ ecosystem using in situ hyperspectral proximal sensing. CIG [Internet]. 2022 Jun. 28 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];49(1):89-111. Available from: https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/cig/article/view/5325

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