Satellite image texture and a vegetation index predict avian biodiversity in the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico

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The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): unforeseen successes in animal ecology (2011, background): “NDVI can for example, help predict species richness, distribution, abundance, migration patterns or life history traits of birds (Saino et al. 2004a,b, Gordo 2007, Evans et al. 2008, St-Louis et al. 2009).”
Species Distribution Models: Ecological Explanation and Prediction Across Space and Time (2009, unknown): “Remote sensing also offers data that can be adapted to represent proximal predictors—for instance, for approximating habitat complexity for birds (Vierling et al. 2008; St-Louis et al. 2009).”
Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: Recent advances and open challenges (2010, background): “This hypothesis has been successfully tested with various taxa, such as vascular plants (e.g. Gould, 2000; Foody and Cutler, 2006; Levin et al., 2007), lichens (Waser et al., 2004), ants (Lassau et al., 2005), birds (Bino et al., 2008; St-Louis et al., 2009), and mammals (Oindo and Skidmore, 2002).”