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RECORD NUMBER: 69 OF 109Main Title | Remote sensing for ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques / | |||||||||||
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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 ; èOkologie | |||||||||||
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Collation | xxvi, 467 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |