Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action: Case Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems

ISBN 10: 1108456707 / ISBN 13: 9781108456708

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Codice articolo 370808432

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Explains how satellite remote sensing informs and helps deliver successful conservation management through case studies, which highlight practitioner experience.

Informazioni sugli autori: Allison K. Leidner is a conservation biologist and currently works at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, for the Earth Science Division. She leads activities within the Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Programs, which support the use of remote sensing for basic research and decision-support applications. She also coordinates a variety of climate assessment activities for NASA. Her former research program focused on the ecology and conservation of rare and endangered species. In 2014, she received a NASA Special Service Award for her efforts related to the development of the Third National Climate Assessment. She is contracted to NASA via ASRC Federal.

Graeme M. Buchanan is a Principal Conservation Scientist at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (the UK BirdLife Partner). He has a background in field ecology and ornithology and he has been using remote sensing data for a wide variety of purposes to inform conservation decision making and prioritisations in the UK and globally for around fifteen years. He is on the British Ornithologist's Union Council, and is an editor for the journals Bird Conservation International and Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

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Titolo: Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation ...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Used