Evaluation of Ecological Integrity in Landscape Based on Remote Sensing Data
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46259-8_14" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46259-8_14</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46259-8_14" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-030-46259-8_14</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evaluation of Ecological Integrity in Landscape Based on Remote Sensing Data
Original language description
Sustaining ecological integrity is recognized worldwide as a strategic objective (e.g. the 2015 Paris Agreement), but a general consensus on the overall methodology for assessing ecological integrity is still missing. This chapter presents a contribution to the method of ecological integrity evaluation, using simple and theoretically grounded method to calculate three holistic indicators: exergy capture, biotic water flows and abiotic heterogeneity, utilizing open access remote sensing data (Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8). Three variables are proposed as a representation of the respective indicators: NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), brightness temperature (BT) and vegetation surface heterogeneity (HG). Forests and wetlands have obtained higher results in the selected integrity indicators, while arable lands and urban areas relatively lower. The relative distance between the potential peak and the lowest performance in a landscape context is obtained by calculating a composite Regional Index of Ecological Integrity (RIEI [%]). The proposed approach can be used for various purposes including localization of naturally valuable areas, estimation of ecosystem condition or performance of ecosystem management.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Ecological Integrity in Science and Law
ISBN
978-3-030-46258-1
Number of pages of the result
13
Pages from-to
161-173
Number of pages of the book
264
Publisher name
Springer, Cham
Place of publication
Švýcarsko
UT code for WoS chapter
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