Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action Case Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Book contents
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A Brief Introduction to Conservation and Conservation Remote Sensing
- 2 Introduction to Remote Sensing for Conservation Practitioners
- 3 Satellite Remote Sensing for the Conservation of East Asia’s Coastal Wetlands
- 4 Global Forest Maps in Support of Conservation Monitoring
- 5 Wildfire Monitoring with Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Conservation
- 6 Ecosystem Functioning Observations for Assessing Conservation in the Doñana National Park, Spain
- 7 Predicting Mule Deer Harvests in Real Time
- 8 Lessons Learned from WhaleWatch
- 9 The Evolution of Remote Sensing Applications Vital to Effective Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development
- 10 Operational Conservation Remote Sensing
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
6 - Ecosystem Functioning Observations for Assessing Conservation in the Doñana National Park, Spain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 July 2018
Book contents
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation Action
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A Brief Introduction to Conservation and Conservation Remote Sensing
- 2 Introduction to Remote Sensing for Conservation Practitioners
- 3 Satellite Remote Sensing for the Conservation of East Asia’s Coastal Wetlands
- 4 Global Forest Maps in Support of Conservation Monitoring
- 5 Wildfire Monitoring with Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Conservation
- 6 Ecosystem Functioning Observations for Assessing Conservation in the Doñana National Park, Spain
- 7 Predicting Mule Deer Harvests in Real Time
- 8 Lessons Learned from WhaleWatch
- 9 The Evolution of Remote Sensing Applications Vital to Effective Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development
- 10 Operational Conservation Remote Sensing
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
Summary
Climate change is predicted to have major repercussions for the preservation of ecosystems and has already led to significant changes in terrestrial productivity and water availability. In order to preserve ecosystems, and the benefits and goods that they provide, managers, decision-makers, and stakeholders require precise and easily accessible information on ecosystem functioning. In Doñana National Park (Spain), we have developed an observatory for producing and transferring information to stakeholders on carbon and water balance based on freely available remote sensing data. The simple and intuitive graphics developed helped managers to gain a synoptic overview of the stability of ecosystems following a perturbation and also assist with monitoring the direct consequences of management practices on vegetation productivity and water demand. The working framework and the tools developed in Doñana National Park are already being incorporated in other protected areas, promoting the ability of additional locations to implement adaptive management strategies, with the goal of mitigating the consequences of climate change on ecosystem integrity.
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- Satellite Remote Sensing for Conservation ActionCase Studies from Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, pp. 164 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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