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Spatially explicit information about the present and past advancement of the disease is essential for its containment; yet, currently such data are severely lacking. To this end, we used the Carnegie Airborne Observatory to collect Laser-Guided Imaging Spectroscopy data and high-resolution digital imagery across &gt;500,000 ha of Hawaii Island in June\u2013July 2017. We then developed a method to map individual tree crowns matching the symptoms of both active (brown; desiccated \u2018\u014dhi\u2018a crowns) and past (leafless tree crowns) ROD infection using an ensemble of two distinct machine learning approaches. Employing a very conservative classification scheme for minimizing false-positives, model sensitivity rates were 86.9 and 82.5, and precision rates were 97.4 and 95.3 for browning and leafless crowns, respectively. Across the island of Hawaii, we found 43,134 individual crowns suspected of exhibiting the active (browning) stage of ROD infection. Hotspots of potential ROD infection are apparent in the maps. The peninsula on the eastern side of Hawaii known as the Puna district, where the ROD outbreak likely originated, contained a particularly high density of brown crown detections. In comparison, leafless crown detections were much more numerous (547,666 detected leafless crowns in total) and more dispersed across the island. Mapped hotspots of likely ROD incidence across the island will enable scientists, administrators, and land managers to better understand both where and how ROD spreads and how to apply limited resources to limiting this spread.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10040502","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,22]],"date-time":"2018-03-22T14:39:31Z","timestamp":1521729571000},"page":"502","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["An Approach for High-Resolution Mapping of Hawaiian Metrosideros Forest Mortality Using Laser-Guided Imaging Spectroscopy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0428-2909","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicholas","family":"Vaughn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7893-6421","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gregory","family":"Asner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9497-7661","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Philip","family":"Brodrick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3509-8530","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roberta","family":"Martin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5381-9533","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joseph","family":"Heckler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Knapp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}]},{"given":"R.","family":"Hughes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 60 Nowelo St, Hilo, HI 96720, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"188","DOI":"10.1007\/s004420050367","article-title":"Physiological and morphological variation in Metrosideros polymorpha, a dominant Hawaiian tree species, along an altitudinal gradient: The role of phenotypic plasticity","volume":"113","author":"Cordell","year":"1998","journal-title":"Oecologia"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"387","DOI":"10.1007\/s00442-006-0604-z","article-title":"Genetic variation in leaf pigment, optical and photosynthetic function among diverse phenotypes of Metrosideros polymorpha grown in a common garden","volume":"151","author":"Martin","year":"2007","journal-title":"Oecologia"},{"key":"ref_3","first-page":"465","article-title":"Metrosideros polymorpha","volume":"Volume 191","author":"Elevitch","year":"2006","journal-title":"Traditional Trees of the Pacific Islands: Their Culture, Environment, and Use"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.1016\/j.foreco.2016.06.026","article-title":"Assessing spatial distribution, stand impacts and rate of Ceratocystis fimbriata induced \u2018\u014dhi\u2018a (Metrosideros polymorpha) mortality in a tropical wet forest, Hawai\u2018i Island, USA","volume":"377","author":"Mortenson","year":"2016","journal-title":"For. 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