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The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation

A Practical Guide and Case Studies

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Editors:
  1. Ricardo Díaz-Delgado

    1. Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain

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  2. Richard Lucas

    1. Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

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  3. Clive Hurford

    1. Natural Resources Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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  • The chapters provide real examples of remote sensing techniques applied to map a range of indicators required by conservation managers, such as habitat distribution and condition, biodiversity indicators or even individual plants with drones
  • Special chapters on Remote sensing imagery preparation for ecological studies, assessment of the use of drones to map nesting bird colonies or invasive plant species
  • Book sections lead the reader towards the specific application and every chapter provides practical lessons for nature conservation

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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.https://natura2000award-application.eu/finalist/3126

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. NILS – A Nationwide Inventory Program for Monitoring the Conditions and Changes of the Swedish Landscape

      • Anna Allard
      Pages 79-90

    3. Mapping Coastal Habitats in Wales

      • Gwawr Jones, Peter Bunting, Clive Hurford
      Pages 91-120

    4. Integrated Monitoring for Biodiversity Using Remote Sensing: From Local to Regional – A Case Study from Norfolk

      • Katie Medcalf, Jacqueline Parker, Gemma Bell, Paul Robinson, Samuel Neal, Martin Horlock et al.
      Pages 121-139

    5. Sub-pixel Mapping of Doñana Shrubland Species

      • Marcos Jiménez, Ricardo Díaz-Delgado
      Pages 141-163

  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Mapping the Distribution of Understorey Rhododendron Ponticum Using Low-Tech Multispectral UAV Derived Imagery

      • Abigail Sanders
      Pages 167-181

    3. The Potential of UAV Derived Image Features for Discriminating Savannah Tree Species

      • J. Oldeland, A. Große-Stoltenberg, L. Naftal, B. J. Strohbach
      Pages 183-201

    4. A Toolbox for Remotely Monitoring Large Carnivores in Sweden

      • Michael Schneider, Holger Dettki
      Pages 203-222

    5. Coupling Field Sampling with Earth Observation Increases Understanding of Tiger Movement and Behaviour

      • Sonali Ghosh, Richard Lucas
      Pages 223-247

    6. Improving the Accuracy of Bird Counts Using Manual and Automated Counts in ImageJ: An Open-Source Image Processing Program

      • Clive Hurford
      Pages 249-276

    7. Using UAVs to Map Aquatic Bird Colonies

      • Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Manuel Mañez, Antonio Martínez, David Canal, Miguel Ferrer, David Aragonés
      Pages 277-291

  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
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    2. Integrated Land Cover and Change Classifications

      • Richard Lucas, Anthea Mitchell
      Pages 295-308
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain

    Ricardo Díaz-Delgado

  • Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

    Richard Lucas

  • Natural Resources Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

    Clive Hurford

About the editors

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide and Case Studies

  • Editors: Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Richard Lucas, Clive Hurford

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64332-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64330-4Published: 20 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87772-3Published: 11 September 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64332-8Published: 06 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 318

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Biodiversity

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