Table of Contents

1: Understanding satellite remote sensing
2: Satellite-based monitoring of biodiversity
3: Satellite remote sensing and natural disturbances
4: Satellite remote sensing and anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity
5: Satellite remote sensing and the management of invasive species
6: Satellite remote sensing and the management of protected areas
7: Satellite remote sensing and the management of wild species and habitats
8: Satellite remote sensing to support agriculture and forestry
9: Satellite remote sensing, environmental quality and human health and wellbeing
10: Satellite remote sensing in the policy sphere
11: Future directions and challenges ahead

About the Author

Dr Nathalie Pettorelli is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. Her research interests focus on the use of remote sensing technology to broaden our ecological understanding of ecosystems found in remote and under-studied regions of the world. She is the editor-in-chief of Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation and a senior editor for Journal of Applied Ecology. Nathalie has published several books
and over 150 articles in peer reviewed journals on the topic of biodiversity monitoring, conservation, and wildlife management.