Detecting Below-Ground Processes, Diversity, and Ecosystem Function in a Savanna Ecosystem Using Spectroscopy Across Different Vegetation Layers

Anna K Schweiger, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Michael D Madritch, Appalachian State University, Dept. of Biology, Boone, NC, United States, John Arthur Gamon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, United States, Sarah E Hobbie, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, St. Paul, MN, United States, Rebecca Montgomery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept. of Forest Resources, Saint Paul, United States and Philip A Townsend, University of Wisconsin Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States