Remote sensing for mapping natural habitats and their conservation status - New opportunities and challenges

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-16

  Corbane, Christina ^a   Lang, Stefan ^b   Pipkins, Kyle ^c   Alleaume, Samuel ^a   Deshayes, Michel ^d   García Millán, Virginia Elena ^e   Strasser, Thomas ^b   Vanden Borre, Jeroen ^f   Toon, Spanhove ^f   Michael, Förster ^c  

^a UMR TETIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Suisse   (Switzerland)

^e Eftas Fernerkundung Technologietransfer   (Germany)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Earth observation data; European Habitats Directive; Natural and semi natural habitats; Satellite image analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84926370730     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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