The roles of remote sensing in nature conservation : a practical guide and case studies /: a practical guide and case studies. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ricardo Diaz-Delgado, Richard Lucas, Clive Hurford, editors.
• Editors: Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo; Lucas, Richard; Hurford, Clive
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (318 pages)
• Subjects: 577; Life sciences; Ecology -- Remote sensing; Nature conservation; Technology & Engineering -- Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Biodiversity; Conservation biology; Biodiversity; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Conservation of the environment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319643328
• Related ISBNs: 9783319643304
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