Remote sensing for ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques/

Main Author: Horning, Ned
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, c2010
Series:Techniques in ecology and conservation series (Oxford University Press)
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300 |a xxvi, 467 p. :  |b col. ill., col. maps ;  |c 24 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [416]-450) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: Why ecologists and conservation biologists use remote sensing -- When to use remote sensing -- Working with images -- Measuring and monitoring land cover, land use, and vegetation characteristics -- Terrain and soils -- Marine and coastal environments -- Wetlands--estuaries, inland wetlands, and freshwater lakes -- Atmosphere and climate -- Disturbances : fires and floods -- Landscape fragmentation -- Human interfaces and urban change -- Protected area design and monitoring -- Integrating field data -- Linking remote sensing and modeling -- Global conservation -- Appendix 1: The electromagnetic spectrum -- Appendix 2: Image-processing software -- Appendix 3: Open source software -- Appendix 4: Satellites and sensors -- Appendix 5: Visual interpretation -- Appendix 6: Systems for observing climate and atmospheric phenomena. 
650 0 |a Nature conservation  |x Remote sensing 
650 0 |a Conservation biology  |x Remote sensing 
650 0 |a Applied ecology  |x Remote sensing 
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