The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation
A Practical Guide and Case Studies
Editors: Diaz-Delgado, Ricardo, Lucas, Richard, Hurford, Clive (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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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- About this book
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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 - About the authors
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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
- Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Introducing the Book “The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation”
Pages 3-10
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Towards a Mature Age of Remote Sensing for Natura 2000 Habitat Conservation: Poor Method Transferability as a Prime Obstacle
Pages 11-37
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Pre-processing of Remotely Sensed Imagery
Pages 39-63
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Long-Term Ecological Monitoring at the Landscape Scale for Nature Conservation: The Example of Doñana Protected Area
Pages 65-76
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NILS – A Nationwide Inventory Program for Monitoring the Conditions and Changes of the Swedish Landscape
Pages 79-90
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation
- Book Subtitle
- A Practical Guide and Case Studies
- Editors
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- Ricardo Diaz-Delgado
- Richard Lucas
- Clive Hurford
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-64332-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-64332-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-64330-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-87772-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 318
- Number of Illustrations
- 38 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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