High-resolution satellite imagery is an important yet underutilized resource in conservation biology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Boyle, Sarah A ^a   Kennedy, Christina M ^b   Torres, Julio ^c   Colman, Karen ^d   Pérez Estigarribia, Pastor E ^e   De La Sancha, Noé U ^f  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^d Dirección de Vida Silvestre Secretaría del Ambiente   (Paraguay)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PARAGUAY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84899797639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086908     Document Type: Article

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