Publication Date:
2019-08-28
Description:
A remote sensing research agenda designed to expand the knowledge of the spatial distribution of species richness and its ecological determinants and to predict its response to global change is proposed. Emphasis is placed on current methods of mapping species richness of both plants and animals, hypotheses concerning the biophysical factors believed to determine patterns of species richness, and anthropogenic processes causing the accelerating rate of extinctions. It is concluded that biodiversity should be incorporated more prominently into the global change and earth system science paradigms.
Keywords:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Type:
International Journal of Remote Sensing (ISSN 0143-1161); 14; 10; p. 1839-1860.
Format:
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