Ecological Remote Sensing
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
Background and Aim
Remote sensing or Earth observation offers a unique set of measurement, mapping, monitoring, and modelling tools for use in:
(1) Fundamental ecological studies, examining structures, processes and relationships between living organisms and their physical environment; and
(2) A wide range of government, community. and industry contexts, including, but not limited to, conservation biology, resource management, agriculture/grazing/horticulture/aquaculture, and forestry, in terrestrial–aquatic–atmospheric and marine ecosystems.
Remote sensing data sets and analysis techniques provide scale-specific approaches, in spatial and temporal contexts, for measurement and monitoring ecosystems at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels.
Ecological remote sensing needs to be supported by robust work linking field and process-based measurements, to satellite, airborne, and drone image data sets, to develop and validate algorithms and applications for use across academic, government, community, and industry sectors. These applications are inherently multi-disciplinary and require effective collaborations.
This section on Ecological Remote Sensing provides a fast and robust reviewing process on new ideas involving the use of remote sensing for ecological studies. Papers in this section build the knowledge, applications, and capacity base for advancing our global ecological remote sensing capabilities in a robust, diverse, and equitable manner by encouraging and supporting works that explicitly link field and remote sensing data sets and expertise across the range of disciplines that contribute to ecology.
Scope
Examples of the primary ecological remote sensing challenges this section will address include (i) measuring and monitoring ecological structures and processes from plant to global scales, (ii) monitoring the impacts of environmental management practices on ecological structures and processes, (iii) separating anthropogenic impacts from natural environment variability, (iv) assessing error and communication effectively for ecological remote sensing application, and (v) linking indigenous ecological understanding with Earth observations.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Camera Trapping for Animal Ecology and Conservation (Deadline: 30 March 2023)
- Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ecological-Environment Quality (EEQ) (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Ecosystems (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Applications of Remote Sensing for One Health (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Eco-Hydro-Environment (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Applied Ecology (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications to Ecology: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Land System Mapping and Monitoring (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Remote Sensing Based Monitoring of Terrestrial Ecosystem Service Bundles, Trade-Offs and Synergies II (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Interaction between Human and Natural Ecosystem (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Arid/Semiarid Lands II (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Urban Socio-Ecological Systems Monitoring and Assessment (Deadline: 20 May 2023)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation (Deadline: 20 May 2023)
- Application of Remote Sensing in Agroforestry II (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Sustainable Ecosystem Management (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Geostatistics and Spatial Data Mining for Ecological Climatology (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing for the Study of the Changes in Wetlands (Deadline: 22 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Air Pollution (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Mangroves III (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Advances in Remote Sensing of Ecohydrology (Deadline: 17 July 2023)
- Field-Scale Monitoring for Water Resources and Ecosystems Management: From Drone to Satellite Imagery (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
- Application of Satellite Remote Sensing Technology in Earth System Monitoring (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Remote Sensing of Forest Ecosystems (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Land Degradation Assessment with Earth Observation II (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Monitoring Water, Vegetation, and Soil Condition in Farmland Ecosystems: Integration of Multi-Source Remote Sensing (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Ecophysiological and Agricultural Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
- Exploring the Variations and Interplay of Drought and Heatwaves: Uncovering the Associated Mechanisms and Impacts (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration and Water Stress of Woody Perennial Crops in Water-Limited Regions (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring (Deadline: 1 September 2023)
- Ecological Environment Satellite System: Research and Application (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Monitoring and Mapping Inland and Coastal Water Dynamics Based on Landsat Data (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Awareness of Natural Hazards in the Context of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Remote Sensing and Land Surface Process Models for Permafrost Studies II (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Eco-Hydrology Processes under Ongoing Climate Change II (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Advancing Nature-Based Climate Solutions (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Linking Photosynthesis, Gross Primary Productivity and Sun-Induced Fluorescence (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- NISAR Global Observations for Ecosystem Science and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)