The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation

1. Front Matter

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2. Part I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introducing the Book “The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation”

      • Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Clive Hurford, Richard Lucas

      Pages 3-10

   3. Towards a Mature Age of Remote Sensing for Natura 2000 Habitat Conservation: Poor Method Transferability as a Prime Obstacle

      • Jeroen Vanden Borre, Toon Spanhove, Birgen Haest

      Pages 11-37

   4. Pre-processing of Remotely Sensed Imagery

      • Peter Bunting

      Pages 39-63

   5. Long-Term Ecological Monitoring at the Landscape Scale for Nature Conservation: The Example of Doñana Protected Area

      • Ricardo Díaz-Delgado

      Pages 65-76

3. Part II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. NILS – A Nationwide Inventory Program for Monitoring the Conditions and Changes of the Swedish Landscape

      • Anna Allard

      Pages 79-90

   3. Mapping Coastal Habitats in Wales

      • Gwawr Jones, Peter Bunting, Clive Hurford

      Pages 91-120

   4. Integrated Monitoring for Biodiversity Using Remote Sensing: From Local to Regional – A Case Study from Norfolk

      • Katie Medcalf, Jacqueline Parker, Gemma Bell, Paul Robinson, Samuel Neal, Martin Horlock et al.

      Pages 121-139

   5. Sub-pixel Mapping of Doñana Shrubland Species

      • Marcos Jiménez, Ricardo Díaz-Delgado

      Pages 141-163

4. Part III

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Mapping the Distribution of Understorey Rhododendron Ponticum Using Low-Tech Multispectral UAV Derived Imagery

      • Abigail Sanders

      Pages 167-181

   3. The Potential of UAV Derived Image Features for Discriminating Savannah Tree Species

      • J. Oldeland, A. Große-Stoltenberg, L. Naftal, B. J. Strohbach

      Pages 183-201

   4. A Toolbox for Remotely Monitoring Large Carnivores in Sweden

      • Michael Schneider, Holger Dettki

      Pages 203-222

   5. Coupling Field Sampling with Earth Observation Increases Understanding of Tiger Movement and Behaviour

      • Sonali Ghosh, Richard Lucas

      Pages 223-247

   6. Improving the Accuracy of Bird Counts Using Manual and Automated Counts in ImageJ: An Open-Source Image Processing Program

      • Clive Hurford

      Pages 249-276

   7. Using UAVs to Map Aquatic Bird Colonies

      • Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Manuel Mañez, Antonio Martínez, David Canal, Miguel Ferrer, David Aragonés

      Pages 277-291

5. Part IV

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293

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   2. Integrated Land Cover and Change Classifications

      • Richard Lucas, Anthea Mitchell

      Pages 295-308

The book will provide an overview of the practical application of remote sensing for the purposes of nature conservation as developed by ecologists in collaboration with remote sensing specialists, providing guidance on all phases from the planning of remote sensing projects for conservation to the interpretation and validation of the images.

This book and linked activities have been selected as finalists of the European Natura 2000 award 2020.https://natura2000award-application.eu/finalist/3126

• Habitat and species monitoring
• Natura 2000
• earth observation (EO)
• nature conservation
• remote sensing
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

• Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain

  Ricardo Díaz-Delgado

• Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

  Richard Lucas

• Natural Resources Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

  Clive Hurford

Dr. Ricardo Diaz-Delgado, CSIC-Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD, Sevilla, Spain
Prof. Richard Lucas, The University of New South Wales, School of Bio., Earth, Env. Science, Kensington, Australia
Dr. Clive Hurford, Natural Resources Wales, Pembroke Wales, United Kingdom

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