Journal article

Publication year: 2005

Pages: 2631-2656

Journal: International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volume number: 26

Issue number: 12

ISSN: 0143-1161

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160512331338041

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 

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application of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
technologies provides powerful tools when used to investigate wildlife
and its habitat for an analysis or modelling approach. In this context,
birds have been of great and progressive value as biological and
environmental indicators. In order to learn about the common approaches
used—its methods, processing steps, trends, advantages and
challenges—over 120 representative publications of the last 30 years
that made use of satellite images for avian applications have been
reviewed.

The
reviewed studies have shown that GIS‐based analyses of satellite and
bird data have been well established for efficient ecosystem
descriptions and species modelling within a large range of scales and
habitats. In order to improve the quality of inference and for
comparative analyses, it is recommended that further studies are
documented in detail. Also, in order to verify and improve the obtained
results, additional ground data on the main structure of the vegetation
relevant to the bird species in question are usually necessary.
Satellite‐based remote sensing applications in ornithology could be used
increasingly for assisting in habitat evaluation, habitat modelling and
monitoring programmes and in achieving overall wildlife conservation
and management objectives effectively. This is especially true for
remote regions of the world that are difficult to access where few
habitat studies have been undertaken to date but whose study is urgently
needed.

Harvard Citation style: Gottschalk, T., Huettmann, F. and Ehlers, M. (2005) Thirty years of analysing and modelling avian habitat relationships using satellite imagery data: a review, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26(12), pp. 2631-2656. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160512331338041

APA Citation style: Gottschalk, T., Huettmann, F., & Ehlers, M. (2005). Thirty years of analysing and modelling avian habitat relationships using satellite imagery data: a review. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26(12), 2631-2656. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160512331338041