Remote Sensing for Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques

Preface Acronyms List 1. Introduction: Why Ecologists and Conservation Biologists Use Remote Sensing 2. When to Use Remote Sensing 3. Working with Images 4. Measuring and Monitoring Land Cover, Land Use, and Vegetation Characteristics 5. Terrain and Soils 6. Marine and Coastal Environments 7. Wetlands-Estuaries, Inland Wetlands, and Freshwater Lakes 8. Atmosphere and Climate 9. Disturbances: Fires and Floods 10. Landscape Fragmentation 11. Human Interfaces and Urban Change 12. Protected Area Design and Monitoring 13. Integrating Field Data 14. Linking Remote Sensing with Modeling 15. 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 References Index