Remote sensing for landscape ecology : monitoring, modeling, and assessment of ecosystems / Ricardo D. Lopez, Robert C. Frohn
- Author:
- Lopez, Ricardo D.
- Published:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2018]
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 269 pages ; 25 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Frohn, Robert C.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 3.8.1.Inferring Habitat Suitability and Vulnerability -- 3.8.2.Inferring Water Quality and Hydrologic Impairment -- 3.9.Utilizing Complementary Research for a Successful Project -- 3.10.Communicating Landscape Scale Projects Effectively -- 4.Applied Analyses of Broad-Scale Landscape Gradients of Condition -- 4.1.Case Study: The Laurentian Great Lakes Watershed -- 4.1.1.Great Lakes Landscape Context and Background -- 4.1.1.1.Landscape Characterization of Biophysical Conditions in the Great Lakes -- 4.1.1.2.Measuring Landscape Ecological Vulnerability in the Great Lakes -- 4.1.2.Determining Terrestrial Conditions -- 4.1.2.1.Areal Extent of Great Lakes Wetlands -- 4.1.2.2.Proximity of Land Cover and Land Use to Wetlands -- 4.1.3.Determining Patch Characteristics -- 4.1.3.1.Inter-Wetland Spacing and Landscape Integration -- 4.1.4.Inferring Ecosystem Functions from Landscape Metrics -- 4.1.4.1.Water Quality Metrics Related to Wetlands of the Great Lakes Basin -- 4.2.Case Study: Impacts of Sea Level Rise on California and North Carolina Coastal Ecosystems -- 4.2.1.California and North Carolina Coastal Landscapes: Context and Background -- 4.2.2.Determining Terrestrial Conditions and Changes in Sea Level -- 4.2.2.1.SLAMM Approach -- 4.2.2.2.ESLM "Bathtub Model" Approach -- 4.2.3.Inferring Ecosystem Conditions Using Associated Sea Level -- 5.Applied Analyses of Regional Scale Landscape Gradients of Condition -- 5.1.Case Study: Ozark Mountains Watershed -- 5.1.1.Ozark Mountains: Landscape Context and Background -- 5.1.2.Determining Watershed Conditions -- 5.1.3.Determining Patch Characteristics with Geospatial Statistics -- 5.1.4.Inferring Ecosystem Water Quality Conditions Using Riparian Landscape Metrics -- 5.1.4.1.Total Phosphorus Model -- 5.1.4.2.Total Ammonia Model -- 5.1.4.3.Escherichia coli Model -- 5.1.4.4.Model Integration -- 5.2.Case Study: Watersheds of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River -- 5.2.1.Landscape Metrics among Great Rivers Tributary Basins -- 5.2.2.Flooding Futures among Tributary Basins -- 5.2.3.Hydrologic Change Analysis in the Kansas River Watershed -- 5.2.4.Determining Riverine, Riparian, and Floodplain Landscape Conditions -- 5.2.4.1.The Hydrologic Model -- 5.2.4.2.The Hydraulic Model -- 5.2.5.Inferring Floodplain Landscape Conditions and Associated River Hydrology -- 5.2.5.1.Land Use and Land Cover -- 5.2.5.2.Precipitation -- 5.2.5.3.Wetlands -- 5.2.5.4.Kansas River Streamflow for Modeled Land Use and Land Cover Scenarios -- 5.2.5.5.Importance of Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecological Scenario Development -- 6.Meeting the Landscape Ecology Challenges of the Future with Remote Sensing -- 6.1.Future Trends in Landscape Sciences for Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment -- 6.2.Emphases on Watershed Restoration and Coastal Planning -- 6.3.The Importance of Ecological Goods and Services for Communities -- 6.3.1.Ecosystem Supporting Services -- 6.3.1.1.Carbon Cycling -- 6.3.1.2.Wildlife Habitat -- 6.3.2.Ecosystem Regulating Services -- 6.3.3.Ecosystem Provisioning Services -- 6.3.4.Ecosystem Cultural Services -- 6.4.Using Remote Sensing to Map Ecosystem Services -- 6.5.Moving toward a World of Sustainable Landscapes -- 6.6.Global Perspectives for Systems Analyses of the Future.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781498754361 hardcover
1498754368 hardcover - Note:
- 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).
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2017
- Endowment Note:
- Paterno Libraries Endowment
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