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The role of satellite remote sensing in structured ecosystem risk assessments
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posted on 2018-04-01, 00:00 authored by N J Murray, D A Keith, Lucie Bland, R Ferrari, M B Lyons, R Lucas, N Pettorelli, Emily NicholsonEmily NicholsonThe current set of global conservation targets requires methods for monitoring the changing status of ecosystems. Protocols for ecosystem risk assessment are uniquely suited to this task, providing objective syntheses of a wide range of data to estimate the likelihood of ecosystem collapse. Satellite remote sensing can deliver ecologically relevant, long-term datasets suitable for analysing changes in ecosystem area, structure and function at temporal and spatial scales relevant to risk assessment protocols. However, there is considerable uncertainty about how to select and effectively utilise remotely sensed variables for risk assessment. Here, we review the use of satellite remote sensing for assessing spatial and functional changes of ecosystems, with the aim of providing guidance on the use of these data in ecosystem risk assessment. We suggest that decisions on the use of satellite remote sensing should be made a priori and deductively with the assistance of conceptual ecosystem models that identify the primary indicators representing the dynamics of a focal ecosystem.
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Science of the total environmentVolume
619-620Pagination
249 - 257Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0048-9697eISSN
1879-1026Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2017, Elsevier B.V.Usage metrics
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