Main Title |
Remote sensing for ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Oxford University Press, |
Year Published |
2010 |
OCLC Number |
489631615 |
ISBN |
9780199219940 (hbk.); 019921994X (hbk.); 0199219958 (pbk.); 9780199219957 (pbk.) |
Subjects |
Conservation biology--Remote sensing ;
Nature conservation--Remote sensing ;
Applied ecology--Remote sensing ;
Fernerkundung ;
Naturschutz ;
eOkologie
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
QH75.R466 2010 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
02/21/2012 |
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Collation |
xxvi, 467 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
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. |