Biological Diversity Mapping Comes of Age
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Remote Sens. 2013, 5(1), 374-376; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5010374
Received: 16 January 2013 / Accepted: 16 January 2013 / Published: 17 January 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Biological Diversity)
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Over the past 60 years, Earth observing has evolved from aerial photographic studies to high-tech airborne 3-D imaging and global satellite-based monitoring. These technological advances have been driven by an increasing call for quantitative and information-rich data on changes in Earth properties and processes. Within the biospheric remote sensing arena, focus has mostly been placed on changes in land cover and land use, ecological disturbance including fire, and basic biophysical properties such as vegetation light absorption and greenness. In recent years, however, interest has rapidly increased in the area of biological diversity monitoring. This special issue of Remote Sensing [1] captures some of the latest thinking on how both traditional and newer mapping technologies can contribute to biodiversity monitoring and analysis. [...] View Full-Text
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Asner, G.P. Biological Diversity Mapping Comes of Age. Remote Sens. 2013, 5, 374-376.
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