Chapter 4 : scaling-up functional traits for ecosystem services with remote sensing : concepts and methods

Oscar J. Abelleira Martínez*1,2,3, Alexander K. Fremier2,4, Sven Günter1,5, Zayra RamosBendaña1,6, Lee Vierling6, Sara M. Galbraith1,7, Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez7, and Jenny C. Ordoñez1,8 1. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica 2. Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, U.S.A. 3. Departamento de Ciencias Agroambientales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 4. School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, U.S.A. 5. Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics, Hamburg, Germany 6. Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, U.S.A. 7. Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, U.S.A. 8. World Agroforestry Centre, Latin America Regional Office, Turrialba, Costa Rica *Corresponding author: oscarj.abelleira@upr.edu