"Biodiversity collections house the knowledge we have about organisms, their taxonomies, their names, and the whole histories of their discovery," said Jeannine Cavender-Bares, emphasizing the importance of these collections for understanding plant life and biodiversity.
Cavender-Bares highlighted a project where her team mapped diseased oak trees to prevent the spread of oak wilt disease, combining field and satellite data.
"This is an example of how we're moving from cells and details of the anatomy of a plant to large, regional remote sensing for management," she explained, illustrating the shift to broader analytical methods in plant ecology.
As a leading expert in spectral biology, she utilizes the interaction between light and plant matter to reveal insights that can guide conservation efforts in the face of climate change.
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