Special Issue "Remote Sensing of Biological Diversity"
QuicklinksA special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2012
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Gregory P. Asner
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama St. Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Website: http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/asnerlab/index.html
E-Mail: gpa@stanford.edu
Phone: +1 650 223 6902
Interests: connections between ecosystems, resource use and climate change: tropical deforestation, forest degradation, and climate change; chemical and biological diversity of tropical forests; fire-herbivore dynamics in African savannas; invasive species impacts on ecosystems; long-term effects of land use on biogeochemical cycles
Special Issue Information
Biological diversity underpins a variety of biospheric functions as well as the services provided by ecosystems such as carbon sequestration, water quality, recreational resources and cultural identity. Remote sensing holds much promise for mapping and monitoring biodiversity, but today, it remains at an early stage of scientific development. This special issue will draw from ongoing studies focused on remote observation of spatial patterns and temporal changes in biodiversity on land and in aquatic ecosystems, and from local to global scales. Here we compile state-of-the-art research that specifically addresses the detection or monitoring of biodiversity in the context of classical species diversity, floristic composition, invasive species, and functional diversity.
Prof. Dr. Gregory Asner
Guest Editor
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 500 CHF (Swiss Francs). English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.
Keywords
- biogeography
- biological diversity
- floristic composition
- functional diversity
- invasive species
- species diversity
Published Papers
Last update: 18 May 2012
