Since 1972, the Landsat program has been continually monitoring the Earth, to now provide
50 years of digital, multispectral, medium spatial resolution observations. Over this time …

Habitat loss and degradation, overexploitation, climate change and the spread of invasive
species are drastically depleting the Earth's biological diversity, leading to detrimental …

Detailed maps of forest structure attributes are crucial for sustainable forest management,
conservation, and forest ecosystem science at the landscape level. Mapping the structure of …

There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and
conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference …

Global changes in climate and land use are threatening natural ecosystems, biodiversity,
and the ecosystem services people rely on. This is why it is necessary to track and monitor …

People's exposure to green space is a critical link between urban green space and urban
residents' health. Since green space may affect human health through multiple pathways …

Assessing and predicting ecosystem responses to global environmental change and its
impacts on human well-being are high priority targets for the scientific community. The …

Environmental heterogeneity is considered to be one of the main factors associated with
biodiversity given that areas with highly heterogeneous environments can host more …

Remote sensing, the science of obtaining information via noncontact recording, has swept
the fields of ecology, biodiversity and conservation (EBC). Several quality review papers …

The Pacific Equatorial dry forest of Northern Peru is recognised for its unique endemic
biodiversity. Although highly threatened the forest provides livelihoods and ecosystem …