The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation -

The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation

A Practical Guide and Case Studies
Buch | Softcover
XII, 318 Seiten
2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87772-3 (ISBN)
171,19 inkl. MwSt
The book will provide an overview of the practical application of remote sensing for the purposes of nature conservation as developed by ecologists in collaboration with remote sensing specialists, providing guidance on all phases from the planning of remote sensing projects for conservation to the interpretation and validation of the images.

This book and linked activities have been selected as finalists of the European Natura 2000 award 2020.

Dr. Ricardo Diaz-Delgado, CSIC-Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD, Sevilla, SpainProf. Richard Lucas, The University of New South Wales, School of Bio., Earth, Env. Science, Kensington, AustraliaDr. Clive Hurford, Natural Resources Wales, Pembroke Wales, United Kingdom

1. Introducing the Book "The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation".- 2. Towards a Mature Age of Remote Sensing for Natura 2000 Habitat Conservation: Poor method transferability as a prime obstacle.- 3.  Pre-processing of Remotely Sensed Imagery.- 4.  Long-term Ecological Monitoring at Landscape Scale for Nature Conservation: The example of Doñana protected area.5. NILS - A Nationwide Inventory Program for Monitoring the Conditions and Changes  of the Swedish Landscape.- 6. Mapping Coastal Habitats in Wales.- 7. Integrated Monitoring for Biodiversity Using Remote Sensing: From local to regional.- 8.  Sub-pixel Mapping of Doñana Shrubland Species.9. Mapping the Distribution of Understorey Rhododendron ponticum Using Low-tech Multispectral UAV Derived Imagery.- 10. The Potential of UAV Derived Image Features for Discriminating Savannah Tree Species.- 11. A Toolbox for Remotely Monitoring Large Carnivores in Sweden.- 12. Coupling Field Sampling with Earth Observation Increases Understanding of Tiger Movement and Behaviour.- 13. Improving the Accuracy of Bird Counts Using Manual and Automated Counts in ImageJ: An Open-Source Image Processing Program.- 14. Using UAVs to Map Aquatic Bird Colonies.- 15. The Integrated Land Cover and Change Classifications.- 16. Expected Advances In a Rapidly Developing Work Area.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.9.2018
Zusatzinfo XII, 318 p. 102 illus., 64 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 510 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Schlagworte earth observation (EO) • Habitat and species monitoring • Natura 2000 • nature conservation • Remote Sensing • Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
ISBN-10 3-319-87772-0 / 3319877720
ISBN-13 978-3-319-87772-3 / 9783319877723
Zustand Neuware
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