A global remote sensing mission to detect and predict plant functional biodiversity change

Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Walter Jetz, Yale University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, New Haven, United States, Ryan Pavlick, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, David Schimel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, John Arthur Gamon, University of Nebraska Lincoln, School of Nature Resources, Lincoln, NE, United States, Sarah E Hobbie, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, St. Paul, MN, United States, Philip A Townsend, University of Wisconsin Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States and NCEAS Biodiversity from Space Working Group; Cedar Creek Biodiversity Team