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Scientists use remote sensing data from satellites to map biodiversity in the Amazon and Peruvian Andes forests.
Colors indicate unique chemical properties of trees across one hectare of canopy foliageGREG ASNER, CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE
(See G.P. Asner et al., Airborne laser-guided imaging spectroscopy to map forest trait diversity and guide conservation Science doi:10.1126/science.aal5120, 2017)
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