| | Preface | | |
| | Acronyms List | | |
| | Acknowledgments | | |
| | Abbreviations | | |
Part I | | Getting started: remote sensing fundamentals | | |
1 | | Introduction: Why ecologists and conservation biologists use remote sensing | | 3 |
1.1 | | Our aims and objectives | | 3 |
1.2 | | Why remote sensing tools are important | | 4 |
1.2.1 | | Observation | | 4 |
1.2.2 | | Analysis and measurement | | 6 |
1.2.3 | | Mapping | | 8 |
1.2.4 | | Monitoring over time and space | | 8 |
1.2.5 | | Decision support | | 9 |
1.3 | | Organization of the book | | 9 |
1.3.1 | | Getting started: remote sensing fundamentals | | 9 |
1.3.2 | | Ecological systems and processes | | 10 |
1.3.3 | | Putting it into practice: conservation applications | | 12 |
1.3.4 | | Appendices | | 14 |
1.4 | | Remote sensing: a technology in development | | 14 |
2 | | When to use remote sensing | | 15 |
2.1 | | Physical and practical limitations of remotely sensed imagery | | 15 |
2.1.1 | | Resolution | | 16 |
2.1.2 | | Working at different scales: practical and conceptual limitations | | 23 |
2.1.3 | | Using remote sensing to study social phenomena | | 25 |
2.2 | | Accuracy | | 25 |
2.2.1 | | Types of error | | 25 |
2.2.2 | | Defining acceptable accuracy | | 27 |
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