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Book Synopsis Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Northern Plains Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System by :
Download or read book Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Northern Plains Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in North-East India Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System by :
Download or read book Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in North-East India Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Western Ghats, India, Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System by :
Download or read book Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Western Ghats, India, Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in North-West India and Lakshadweep Islands Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System by :
Download or read book Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in North-West India and Lakshadweep Islands Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Western Himalayas, India Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System by :
Download or read book Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Western Himalayas, India Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Andaman & Nicobar Islands Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System by :
Download or read book Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Andaman & Nicobar Islands Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Book Synopsis Sourcebook on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators by : Holly Strand
Download or read book Sourcebook on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators written by Holly Strand and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This sourcebook is intended to assist environmental managers and others who work with indicators in pursuing appropriate methods for indicator testing and production, and to offer some guidance to those responsible for the interpretation of indicators and implementation of decisions based on them. Upon reading this document, technical advisers, environmental policy makers, and remote sensing lab directors and project managers should be able to identify specific, relevant uses of remote sensing data for biodiversity monitoring and indicator development related to the CBD." --p. 8.
Book Synopsis Landscape Characterization and Biodiversity Research by :
Download or read book Landscape Characterization and Biodiversity Research written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid deforestation often produces landscape-level changes in forest characteristics and structure, including area, distribution, and forest habitat types. Changes in landscape pattern through fragmentation or aggregation of natural habitats can alter patterns of abundance for single species and entire communities. Examples of single-species effects include increased predation along the forest edge, the decline in the number of species with poor dispersal mechanisms, and the spread of exotic species that have deleterious effects (e.g., gypsy moth). A decrease in the size and number of natural habitat patches increases the probability of local extirpation and loss of diversity of native species, whereas a decline in connectivity between habitat patches can negatively affect species persistence. Thus, there is empirical justification for managing entire landscapes, not just individual habitat types, in order to insure that native plant and animal diversity is maintained. A landscape is defined as an area composed of a mosaic of interacting ecosystems, or patches, with the heterogeneity among the patches significantly affecting biotic and abiotic processes in the landscape. Patches comprising a landscape are usually composed of discrete areas of relatively homogeneous environmental conditions and must be defined in terms of the organisms of interest. A large body of theoretical work in landscape ecology has provided a wealth of methods for quantifying spatial characteristics of landscapes. Recent advances in remote sensing and geographic information systems allow these methods to be applied over large areas. The objectives of this paper are to present a brief overview of common measures of landscape characteristics, to explore the new technology available for their calculation, to provide examples of their application, and to call attention to the need for collection of spatially-explicit field data.
Book Synopsis Geospatial Technologies in Land Resources Mapping, Monitoring and Management by : G. P. Obi Reddy
Download or read book Geospatial Technologies in Land Resources Mapping, Monitoring and Management written by G. P. Obi Reddy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an overview of geospatial technologies in land resources mapping, monitoring and management. It consists of four main sections: geospatial technologies - principles and applications; geospatial technologies in land resources mapping; geospatial technologies in land resources monitoring; and geospatial technologies in land resources management. Each part is divided into detailed chapters that include illustrations and tables. The authors, from leading institutes, such as the ICAR-NBSS&LUP, IIT-B, NRSC, ICRISAT, share their experiences and offer case studies to provide advanced insights into the field. It is a valuable resource for the scientific and the teaching community, extension scientists at research institutes and agricultural universities/colleges as well as those involved in planning and managing land resources for sustainable agriculture and livelihood security.
Book Synopsis A Landscape Ecology Approach to Biodiversity Conservation Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems by : S.R. Clements
Download or read book A Landscape Ecology Approach to Biodiversity Conservation Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems written by S.R. Clements and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks by : Michele Walters
Download or read book The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks written by Michele Walters and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This book intends to provide practical guidance to broadly-defined biodiversity observation networks at all scales, but predominantly the national scale and higher. This is a practical how-to book with substantial policy relevance. It will mostly be used by technical specialists with a responsibility for biodiversity monitoring to establish and refine their systems. It is written at a technical level, but one that is not discipline-bound: it should be intelligible to anyone in the broad field with a tertiary education.
Book Synopsis Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover by : Chandra P. Giri
Download or read book Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover written by Chandra P. Giri and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling the need for a comprehensive book that covers both theory and application, Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover: Principles and Applications provides a synopsis of how remote sensing can be used for land-cover characterization, mapping, and monitoring from the local to the global scale. With contributions by leading scientists from aro
Book Synopsis Remote Sensing of Wetlands by : Ralph W. Tiner
Download or read book Remote Sensing of Wetlands written by Ralph W. Tiner and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectively Manage Wetland Resources Using the Best Available Remote Sensing TechniquesUtilizing top scientists in the wetland classification and mapping field, Remote Sensing of Wetlands: Applications and Advances covers the rapidly changing landscape of wetlands and describes the latest advances in remote sensing that have taken place over the pa
Book Synopsis Remote Sensing of Northwest Himalayan Ecosystems by : R. R. Navalgund
Download or read book Remote Sensing of Northwest Himalayan Ecosystems written by R. R. Navalgund and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Himalaya, one of the global biodiversity hotspots, is the abode of a variety of flora and fauna. The Himalayan ecosystems have immense ecological, socioeconomic, and aesthetic significance as they provide a wide range of ecosystem services. The northwest Himalaya (NWH), covering three states of India viz., Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir, starts from the foothills of Shivaliks in the south and extends to the greater Himalaya in the north. This region is also the source of some of the major rivers of India. With the increase in population, the NWH ecosystems have been under threat due to deforestation, loss of biodiversity, expansion of agriculture and settlement, overexploitation of natural resources, habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, mining, construction of roads and large dams, and unplanned tourism. The Himalaya being young and geotectonically active, remains inherently unstable, fragile, and prone to natural disasters. Climate change is also likely to impact the Himalayan cryosphere drastically. Recognizing the importance of the Himalaya, a National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem, one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) of Govt. of India, to conserve biodiversity, forest cover and other ecological values in the Himalayan region has been taken up. Spaceborne remote sensing with its ability to provide synoptic and repetitive coverage has emerged as a powerful tool for assessment and monitoring of the Himalayan resources and phenomena. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun has taken up a number of studies in the fields of geology, water resources, forestry, agriculture, urban settlement, etc., over the last decade. The book summarises the work carried out in different disciplines, illustrated with tables and figures and a host of relevant references. It is hoped that the book serves as an excellent reference of immense value to the students, researchers, professors, scientists, professionals, and decision makers working in the NWH region.
Book Synopsis Remote Sensing and GIS for Ecologists by : Martin Wegmann
Download or read book Remote Sensing and GIS for Ecologists written by Martin Wegmann and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about how ecologists can integrate remote sensing and GIS in their daily work. It will allow ecologists to get started with the application of remote sensing and to understand its potential and limitations. Using practical examples, the book covers all necessary steps from planning field campaigns to deriving ecologically relevant information through remote sensing and modelling of species distributions. All practical examples in this book rely on OpenSource software and freely available data sets. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is introduced for basic GIS data handling, and in-depth spatial analytics and statistics are conducted with the software packages R and GRASS. Readers will learn how to apply remote sensing within ecological research projects, how to approach spatial data sampling and how to interpret remote sensing derived products. The authors discuss a wide range of statistical analyses with regard to satellite data as well as specialised topics such as time-series analysis. Extended scripts on how to create professional looking maps and graphics are also provided. This book is a valuable resource for students and scientists in the fields of conservation and ecology interested in learning how to get started in applying remote sensing in ecological research and conservation planning.
Book Synopsis Agro-Environmental Sustainability by : Jay Shankar Singh
Download or read book Agro-Environmental Sustainability written by Jay Shankar Singh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume work is a testament to the increasing interest in the role of microbes in sustainable agriculture and food security. Advances in microbial technologies are explored in chapters dealing with topics such as carbon sequestration, soil fertility management, sustainable crop production, and microbial signaling networks. Volume I is a collection of research findings that invites readers to examine the application of microbes in reinstating degraded ecosystems and also in establishing sustainable croplands. Highly readable entries attempt to close the knowledge gap between soil microbial associations and sustainable agriculture. An increase in the global population with changing climate is leading to environments of various abiotic and biotic stresses for agricultural crops. It therefore becomes important to identify the techniques to improve soil fertility and function using different microbial groups such as actinobacteria, microalgae, fluorescent pseudomonads and cyanobacterial systems. These are examined in this volume in greater detail. This work is a significant contribution to research in this increasingly important discipline, and will appeal to researchers in microbiology, agriculture, environmental sciences, and soil and crop sciences.
Book Synopsis Habitat Classi Cation Using Airborne and Spaceborne Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Assessment in Wales by : Johanna Friederike Breyer
Download or read book Habitat Classi Cation Using Airborne and Spaceborne Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Assessment in Wales written by Johanna Friederike Breyer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity and its conservation are an important subject as human pressure onnatural resources increases continuously. Without accurate means of measuringbiodiversity, however, monitoring is very di cult and conservation e orts mightnot be targeted e ectively. There is a great demand for biodiversity assessmenton a regional scale in order to support national conservation aims as stated, forexample, in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Remote sensing lends itself tointerpretation at the landscape scale and this study aims to assess a variety ofoptical and laser remote sensing data with regard to their usefulness for biodiversityassessment in Wales. The study was divided into four distinct areas to evaluate di erent remote sensingdata with regard to their utility for facilitating the measurement and assessmentof distinct elements of biodiversity. These components are vegetation compositionand condition, land cover on a regional scale, three-dimensional woodlandstructure and the interaction of ora and fauna within the landscape structure. Methodological advances include a novel land cover mapping approach from multispectralremote sensing data comparable to traditional manual habitat surveys aswell as an analysis of forest vertical pro le under consideration of bird habitatpreferences. Remote sensing data investigated included airborne hyperspectral data, multispectralsatellite imagery and airborne LiDAR. The potential of hyperspectral data for the di erentiation of grasslands of varyinglevels of improvement was tested at two experimental grassland study sites andthe results suggest a strong correlation between biomass and the red-edge regionof the electromagnetic spectrum. A relationship between the presence of nonphotosyntheticvegetation and the level of agricultural improvement was further established and utilized in the formulation of rules for the classi cation of grasslandhabitats. The outcomes of this study were used to support the landscape-scale land covermapping of the extent of 38 classes from a multi-temporal combination of twospaceborne multispectral sensors (SPOT 5 HRG and IRS LISS IV). The derivedmaps achieved a moderate accuracy of 64%, though individual classes, especiallywoodlands and bogs, exceeded this value. The ability of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and terrestrial laser scannerdata to capture the three-dimensional structure of forests was investigated. It wasfound that both sensor types were limited in their ability to accurately representforest vertical pro le due to respective downward and upward signal attenuationthrough the canopy. However, both provided an accurate digital terrain modeland correlated well in their estimation of canopy height. Despite the limitations of vertical forest structure assessment from airborne Li-DAR, observation of bird species could be linked to distinct forest vertical pro les. Specialist woodland species were found to have the strongest habitat preferenceswith regard to the vertical forest structure. This project has achieved advancements in the mapping of agricultural land andhabitats in Wales, using remote sensing data, speci cally in the di erentiation ofgrassland improvement levels and tree species discrimination from multispectralsatellite imagery. Furthermore, a strong correspondence between airborne andterrestrial laser scanner outputs has been established and LiDAR forest pro leshave been shown to relate well to known woodland bird habitat preferences. The added value derived from examining these four research areas as part of asingle study, consists of the knowledge gained in how best to harness the respectiveremote sensing methods for the evaluation of very di erent aspects of biodiversity. It has further been shown that it is possible to use optical remote sensing data ata high spatial and spectral resolution, but low availability to inform and improvethe utilization of more widely accessible, but less detailed images. Furthermore, a method has been developed which allows the interpolation of avian diversityfrom the assessment vertical forest structure. As biodiversity consists of manydi erent elements at a wide variety of scales it is crucial to be able to performsuch integrated analyses of its various components. However, only a combinedapproach towards the utilization of remote sensing, as demonstrated in this study, is likely to gain the necessary data. The outcomes of this research support Wales-wide assessment of biodiversity andfacilitate the production of regional or national vegetation maps as well as structuralattributes for input into models. Components of the study can be used tosupport, for example, climate change research, assessments of biodiversity and policydecisions. Optical and laser remote sensing data can be successfully utilizedfor Wales-wide biodiversity components analysis.
