Remote sensing improves prediction of tropical montane species diversity but performance differs among taxa

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 83, Issue , 2017, Pages 538-549

  Wallis, Christine I B ^a   Brehm, Gunnar ^b   Donoso, David A ^c,h   Fiedler, Konrad ^d   Homeier, Jürgen ^e   Paulsch, Detlev ^f   Süßenbach, Dirk ^g   Tiede, Yvonne ^a   Brandl, Roland ^a   Farwig, Nina ^a   Bendix, Jörg ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f Gesellschaft für angewandte Ökologie und Umweltplanung mbH   (Germany)

^g UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^h ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ants; Birds; Gray level co occurrence matrix; Image textures; Moths; Orthophotos; Partial least squares regression; Species turnover; Trees; Tropical mountain rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

ANTS; GRAY LEVEL CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX; MOTHS; ORTHOPHOTOS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; SPECIES TURNOVER; TREES; TROPICAL MOUNTAIN RAINFOREST;

IMAGE TEXTURE;

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COEXISTENCE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTH; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORTHOPHOTO; PREDICTION; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER;

ARCTIINAE; AVES; FORMICIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALOIDEA;

EID: 85016218539     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.022     Document Type: Article

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