Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action (eBook, ePUB)

Case Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Redaktion: Leidner, Allison K.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Satellite remote sensing presents an amazing opportunity to inform biodiversity conservation by inexpensively gathering repeated monitoring information for vast areas of the Earth. However, these observations first need processing and interpretation if they are to inform conservation action. Through a series of case studies, this book presents detailed examples of the application of satellite remote sensing, covering both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, to conservation. The authors describe how collaboration between the remote sensing and conservation communities makes satellite data functional for operational conservation, and provide concrete examples of the lessons learned in addition to the scientific details. The editors, one at NASA and the other at a conservation NGO, have brought together leading researchers in conservation remote sensing to share their experiences from project development through to application, and emphasise the human side of these projects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108596947
• Artikelnr.: 54170110

Inhaltsangabe

1. A brief introduction to conservation and conservation remote sensing
Graeme M. Buchanan and Allison K. Leidner; 2. Introduction to remote
sensing for conservation practitioners Andreas Brink, Cindy Schmidt and
Zoltan Szantoi; 3. Satellite remote sensing for the conservation of East
Asia's coastal wetlands Nicholas J. Murray; 4. Global forest maps in
support of conservation monitoring Samuel Jantz, Lilian Pintea, Janet
Nackoney and Matthew Hansen; 5. Wildfire monitoring with satellite remote
sensing in support to conservation Ilaria Palumbo; 6. Ecosystem functioning
observations for assessing conservation in the Doñana National Park, Spain
Paula Escribano and Néstor Fernández; 7. Predicting mule deer (Odocoileus
hemionus) harvest in real-time: Integrating satellite remote-sensing
measures of forage quality and climate in Idaho, United States Mark
Hebblewhite, Mark Hurley, Paul Lukacs and Josh Nowak; 8. Lessons learned
from WhaleWatch, a tool using satellite data to provide near real-time
predictions of whale occurrence Helen Bailey, Elliott Hazen, Bruce Mate,
Steven J. Bograd, Ladd Irvine, Daniel M. Palacios, Karin A. Forney, Evan
Howell, Aimee Hoover, Lynn DeWitt, Jessica Wingfield and Monica DeAngelis;
9. The evolution of remote sensing applications vital to effective
biodiversity conservation and sustainable development Karyn Tabor and
Jennifer Hewson; 10. Synthesis Allison K. Leidner and Graeme M. Buchanan.