Sub-pixel detection of dominant grass evolutionary lineages at four sites across the Great Plains, U.S. using hyperspectral data Grasslands exhibit high taxonomic and functional diversity, particularly at fine spatial scales, posing challenges for remote sensing due to patchiness and species turnover. The spatial resolution ...

How well can we classify grasses at *sub-meter* resolution?? Read work led by former student Ryan Slapikas here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excellent - appreciate it!

Beautiful art! Is there a link to the piece you wrote?

Upset about federal funding cuts in the US? Want some ideas of what to do? I wrote a long-ish blog post about it here
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summarizing things I learned meeting with Senate & House aides this week with the @aibsbiology.bsky.social Congressional Visits Day event.

Thank you! It's a short paper lol

How does #hyperspectral leaf reflectance vary with functional traits, site, and evolutionary lineage in #grasses? New paper, part of a special issue "Advancing Spectral Biology to Understand Plant Diversity Across Scales", check it out: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I needed that! #StandUpForScience

Wish I could make this happen before Friday - next time!

love these! can we somehow get some over at the march on campus at Berkeley??

DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies

This Friday! Stand Up for Science on campus! www.standup4scienceberkeley.com

There will be one on campus too! www.standup4scienceberkeley.com

Sensing Potential, Scientists Refine Thermal Imaging of Ecosystems - Eos At a recent “bake-off,” researchers judged thermal infrared cameras and developed guidelines for their consistent use in studying vegetation temperatures, which illuminate vital ecosystem processes.

Thermal infrared remote sensing, both from space and near Earth’s surface, is unlocking new ways to study ecosystems, from individual leaves to entire landscapes, write @mostafaj.bsky.social, @stephpau.bsky.social, and colleagues. eos.org/science-upda...

A Point Reyes era to end as ranchers prepare to pack up, leave Since 1817, people have operated ranches on land that eventually became Point Reyes National Seashore. Now, they must leave.

Mom went to school in Tomales with these ranchers. So sad end. Not sure what the right answer is. Experts tell me these lands need grazing

A Point Reyes era to end as ranchers prepare to pack up, leave

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nati...

thanks @biometlab.bsky.social ! no link but that's ok because i accidentally start talking about remote sensing and not biogeography, can't help myself i guess 😂

Scale-dependent responses to environmental fluctuations in tropical tree species’ crown temperatures Communications Earth & Environment - Tree temperatures in tropical forests show distinct responses to external changes at leaf and crown levels, with crown temperatures being less sensitive due...

really excited to share this new paper led by postdoc shannon bayliss showing species differences account for 17-44% of temperature variation across a tropical forest canopy rdcu.be/d6HPt