Remote sensing for landscape ecology : monitoring, modeling, and assessment of ecosystems

"This book provides the practical basis for the use of remote sensing to accomplish landscape ecological projects, through the merging of theory and practice, with examples. This is a specialized application and both these topics have evolved rapidly in the past decade. This evolution is not in the previous edition, and indeed this update provides much new information and valuable ideas for the professional and assist in directing the training of new personnel. The new edition will feature a combination of landscape ecology metrics, quantitative field measurements, and geospatial analyses."--Provided by publisher Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 New Challenges for the Landscape Sciences -- 1.2 Goals and Objectives of This Book -- 1.3 Utilizing This Book to Its Fullest Benefit -- 1.4 Significance of Landscape Ecology Research -- 1.5 Selection of Study Sites -- 1.6 Summary of Chapters -- Chapter 2: Key Processes for Effective Remote Sensing-Based Landscape Ecology Projects -- 2.1 The Essentials -- 2.1.1 Terminology -- 2.1.2 Image Interpretation -- 2.2 The Key Data Types -- 2.2.1 Aerial Photographs -- 2.2.2 Specialized Digital Imagery -- 2.3 Meeting the Ecological and Societal Needs of a Project -- 2.3.1 Data Cost, Availability, and Quality Considerations -- 2.3.2 Selecting among Key Data Types -- 2.3.3 In Pursuit of Ecological Information -- 2.4 Metric Measurability, Applicability, and Sensitivity -- 2.5 Associations between Remote Sensing and Ecological Data -- 2.6 Leveraging Land Cover Products -- 2.7 Leveraging Digital Data for Image Processing -- 2.8 The Importance of Preprocessing -- 2.9 The Role of Classification Systems -- 2.10 Change Analysis -- 2.11 Assessment of Accuracy -- 2.12 Brief Evaluation of Landscape Metrics -- 2.13 Information Management Factors -- 2.14 Management Uses of Landscape Metrics and Indicators -- Chapter 3: Utilizing Remote Sensing to Solve Landscape Ecology Challenges in Diverse Landscapes -- 3.1 Overview of Project Approach -- 3.2 Metrics and Indicators -- 3.3 Landscape Scale and Gradients -- 3.4 Landscape Models -- 3.5 Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Using Selected Landscape Metrics and Approaches -- 3.6 Regulatory Support Uses in the Great Lakes (Policy Goals) -- 3.7 Ecological Research Uses in the Great Lakes (Science Goals) -- 3.8 Inferring Ecological Condition This book provides the practical basis for the use of remote sensing to accomplish landscape ecological projects, through the merging of theory and practice, with examples. This is a specialized application and both these topics have evolved rapidly in the past decade. This evolution is not in the previous edition, and indeed this update provides much new information and valuable ideas for the professional and assist in directing the training of new personnel. The new edition will feature a combination of landscape ecology metrics, quantitative field measurements, and geospatial analyses. -- Provided by publisher Previous Edition: Remote Sensing For Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators For Monitoring, Modeling, And Assessment Of Ecosystems / Robert C. Frohn (boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 1998). This book introduces two improved metrics of fragmentation and patch shape complexity for landscape ecology analysis of remote sensing images.