“…Our modelling results (Table ) confirmed that multispectral surface reflectance data layers make a useful contribution to modelling understorey fern and lycophyte species composition at the basin‐wide extent, complementing information that can be obtained from climate variables. This is in accordance with results of several studies carried out at relatively small extents (Buermann et al, ; Chaves, Ruokolainen, & Tuomisto, ; Figueiredo, Venticinque, Figueiredo, & Ferreira, ; Higgins et al, , ; Salovaara et al, ; Thessler et al, ; Tuomisto, Poulsen, et al, ; Tuomisto, Ruokolainen, Aguilar, et al, ). New generation medium‐resolution multispectral instruments with improved spectral and radiometric resolution (Landsat 8 OLI, Sentinel‐2) can be expected to be even more valuable for these applications.…”