Wetland vegetation plays a key role in the ecological functions of wetland environments.
Remote sensing techniques offer timely, up-to-date, and relatively accurate information for …

Recently, Geographical Information System (GIS) has emerged as an innovative and
important component of many projects in public health and epidemiology. One of the most …

Ecological indicators can be used to assess the condition of the environment, to provide an
early warning signal of changes in the environment, or to diagnose the cause of an …

To conserve and manage wetland resources, it is important to inventoryand monitor
wetlands and their adjacent uplands. Satellite remote sensing hasseveral advantages for …

Aim To produce an inventory of south‐west Atlantic saltmarshes (from latitude 31° 48′ S to
43° 20′ S) using remotely sensed images and field sampling; to quantify their total area; to …

The widespread, severe negative impacts of human activities on Earth's ecosystems over
the past few decades have highlighted the importance of continuous and up-to-date …

Targets for improvements in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been
set through the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan). To measure and report on …

This article gives methods to analyze the difference between two datasets that describe a
mutual set of categories. The methods can analyze classification error between mapped and …

Riparian buffer zone management is an area of increasing relevance as human modification
of the landscape continues unabated. Land and water resource managers are continually …

Like sprawl itself, writing about sprawl is scattered in a vast multidisciplinary literature. In this
paper we provide a map of what is increasingly known about urban sprawl in emerging …