This paper reviewed major remote sensing image classification techniques, including pixel-
wise, sub-pixel-wise, and object-based image classification methods, and highlighted the …

Environmental heterogeneity is considered to be one of the main factors associated with
biodiversity given that areas with highly heterogeneous environments can host more …

Efforts are increasingly being made to classify the world's wetland resources, an important
ecosystem and habitat that is diminishing in abundance. There are multiple remote sensing …

In order to produce useful hydrologic and aquatic habitat data from the Landsat system, the
US Geological Survey has developed the “Dynamic Surface Water Extent”(DSWE) Landsat …

Abstract The Poplar Ecological Retreat (PER) project is a significant environmental
protection initiative implemented to protect the Dongting Lake wetlands ecosystem in China …

This book provides a thorough introduction to the use of remotely sensed data for wetland
classification and mapping, as well as information on the latest technological advancements …

Urban wetland ecosystems (UWEs) play important social and ecological roles but are often
adversely affected by urban landscape transformations. Spatio-temporal analyses to gain …

Wetlands are transitional zones between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They have the
potential to continuously provide human beings with food, raw materials, and other …

Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping provides critical information to land and resource managers
by incorporating information on climate, physiography, surficial material, soil, and vegetation …

Remote sensing represents a powerful tool to derive quantitative and qualitative information
about ecosystem biodiversity. In particular, since plant species richness is a fundamental …