Aims Mapping vegetation through remotely sensed images involves various considerations,
processes and techniques. Increasing availability of remotely sensed images due to the …

Global insurance markets are vast and diverse, and may offer many opportunities for remote
sensing. To date, however, few operational applications of remote sensing for insurance …

This book discusses the fundamentals of land-use and land-cover characterization,
mapping, and monitoring using remote sensing technology. After covering the basic …

Around 55% of all Brazilian cattle production is located in the Cerrado biome, which also
contains the largest pasture area in Brazil. Previous studies indicated that about 60% of …

Extensive stock-breeding systems developed in mountain areas like the Pyrenees are
crucial for local farming economies and depend largely on above-ground biomass (AGB) in …

Time series of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from the Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) were used to capture plant phenology in Etosha National …

Forest plays a special role in carbon sequestration and thus mitigating climate change.
However, the large uncertainty in biomass estimation is unable to meet the requirement of …

It is very important to detect changes in forest productivity due to the global change on a
large scale. In this work, the evolution of the vegetation in the Komi Republic (northwestern …

Despite the importance of fodder shrubs to small ruminant diets and production in arid and
semi-arid ecosystems, they are often not considered when quantifying grazing land …

Land use/cover classification in heterogeneous east Mediterranean landscapes is
challenging, eg Jordan. Digital land use/cover maps are needed at an appropriate cost …