Application of Remote Sensing in Migratory Birds Conservation

Dear Colleagues,

Worldwide, migratory birds are under increasing threats and undergoing rapid population declines. However, addressing these threats and understanding the factors driving these declines is hindered by missing information about migratory connectivity and the lack of data to quantify environmental processes across the annual cycle. This proposed special issues aims to highlight advances in the application of the latest remote sensing techniques in migratory bird conservation.  Topics may include, but are not limited, to the following aspects:

• Identifying, delineating, and monitoring of migratory routes using remote tracking devices;
• Detecting hubs in migratory routines;
• Estimating migratory connectivity; and
• Modelling wintering and breeding habitats using remote sensing data from drone, aircraft, or satellite.

Dr. Li Wen
Prof. Dr. Guangchun Lei
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind 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 semimonthly 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 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.