Currently, climate change poses a global threat, which may compromise the sustainability of
agriculture, forestry and other land surface systems. In a changing world scenario, the …

Regular monitoring of animal populations must be established to ensure wildlife protection,
especially when pressure on animals is high. The recent development of drones or …

This study investigates the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to measure and
monitor structural properties of forests. Two remote sensing techniques, airborne laser …

Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) is presently in continuous development at a rapid pace.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or more extensively Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) …

Ecologists require spatially explicit data to relate structure to function. To date, heavy
reliance has been placed on obtaining such data from remote‐sensing instruments mounted …

The aim of this study is twofold: first, to present a survey of the actual and most advanced
methods related to the use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) that emerged in the past few …

We present the development of a low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Light Detecting and
Ranging (UAV-LiDAR) system and an accompanying workflow to produce 3D point clouds …

This book provides a thorough introduction to the use of remotely sensed data for wetland
classification and mapping, as well as information on the latest technological advancements …

With the significant progress of urbanization, cities and towns are suffering from air pollution,
heat island effects, and other environmental problems. Urban vegetation, especially trees …

In the process of producing information from images with very or ultra-high spatial resolution
(VHR and UHR), the most accurate results are achieved by using object-based image …