1. The use of remote sensing to enhance biodiversity monitoring & detection-a critical challenge for the 21st century2 Applying Remote Sensing to Biodiversity Science

3 Scaling Functional Traits From Leaves to Canopies

4  The Laegeren Site: An Augmented Forest Laboratory

5  Lessons Learned from Spectranomics: Wet Tropical Forests

6  Remote Sensing for Early, Detailed, and Accurate Detection of Forest Disturbance and Decline for Protection of Biodiversity

7  Linking Leaf Spectra to the Plant Tree of Life

8  Linking Foliar Traits to Belowground Processes

9 Using Remote Sensing for Modeling and Monitoring Species Distributions

10 Remote Sensing of Geodiversity as a Link to Biodiversity

11 Predicting Patterns of Plant Diversity and Endemism in the Tropics Using Remote Sensing Data: A Study Case From the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

12 Remote Detection of Invasive Alien Species

14  How the Optical Properties of Leaves Modify the Absorption and Scattering of Energy and Enhance Leaf Functionality

15 Spectral Field Campaigns: Planning and Data Collection

16 Consideration of Scale in Remote Sensing of Biodiversity

17 Integrating Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, and Auxiliary Information for the Study of Ecosystem Functioning and Conservation at Large Spatial Scales

18 Essential Biodiversity Variables: Integrating in Situ Observations and Remote Sensing Through Modeling

19 Prospects and pitfalls for spectroscopic remote sensing of biodiversity at the global scale

20. Epilogue - Towards a Global Biodiversity Monitoring System