“…Seasonal variation in community‐level spectra results from various leaf‐, plant‐ and canopy‐level sources; however, disentangling their contributions remains difficult even with the most advanced remote sensing tools (Hashimoto et al, 2021; Klosterman et al, 2018; Schweiger et al, 2018). Such contributing drivers include changes in physiological traits and biochemistry of individual leaves over their lifespan (Chavana‐Bryant et al, 2017; Niinemets, 2016; Serbin & Townsend, 2020; Ustin & Jacquemoud, 2020; Wilson et al, 2001), shifts in leaf angle distributions and shadows (de Moura et al, 2017; Huemmrich, 2013; Wu et al, 2016), flowering and fruiting events (Chen et al, 2019; Shen et al, 2014; Verma et al, 2002; Zeng et al, 2020), environmental stressors, pests, and disturbance (Ainsworth et al, 2014; Cotrozzi et al, 2018; Fairbanks & McGwire, 2004), among others. Understanding relative importance of such factors is also challenged by species commonalities in metabolism, biochemistry and responses to stressors (Schrodt et al, 2020).…”