University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Remote sensing of protected lands: an overview / Yeqiao Wang -- Remote sensing for inventory and monitoring of U.S. national parks / John E. Gross [and others] -- Monitoring landscape dynamics of national parks in the western United States / Robert E. Kennedy [and others] -- Forest dynamics within and around Olympic National Park assessed using time-series landsat observations / Chengquan Huang [and others] -- Using earth observation to monitor species-specific habitat change in the greater Kejimkujik National Park region of Canada / Paul Zonr [and others] -- Land-cover change and conservation of protected lands in urban and suburban settings / Yeqiao Wang -- Land-cover change and conservation of the protected ancient city park in Xi'an, Northwestern China / Wenfang Tao, Qingri Chang, and Yeqiao Wang -- Accurately assessing habitat with remote sensing: user's perspective / Guofan Shao.

Utilization of remote sensing technologies for Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Conservation and Planning in Papua New Guinea / Jared A. Stabach [and others] -- Remote sensing for biodiversity conservation of the Albertine Rift in Eastern Africa / Samuel Ayebare [and others] -- Remote sensing assessment of natural resources and ecological security of the Changbai Mountain Region in Northeast Asia / Yeqiao Wang [and others] -- Integration of remote sensing and in situ observations for examining effects of past volcanic eruptions on forests of the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve in Northeast China / Jiawei Xu, Yu Linag, and Yeqiao Wang -- Integration of remote sensing and in situ ecology for the design and evaluation of marine-protected areas: examples from tropical and temperate ecosystems / Alan M. Friedlander [and others] -- Remote sensing assessment of wildfire impact and simulation modeling of short-term post-fire vegetation recovery within the Dixie National Forest / Yequiao Wang [and others].

Satellite-observed endorheic lake dynamics across the Tibetan plateau between circa 1976 and 2000 / Yongwie Shen and Junli Li -- Multisensor remote sensing of forest dynamics in central Siberia / Kenneth J. Ranson [and others] -- Remote sensing and modeling for assessment of complex Amur (Siberian) tiger and Amur (far eastern) leopard habitats in the Russian far east / N.J. Sherman [and others] -- The influence of realistic vegetation phenology on regional climate modeling / Lixin Lu -- Monitoring natural hazards in protected lands using interferometric synthetic aperture radar / Zhong Lu, Daniel Dzurisin, and Hyung-Sup Jung -- Charaterizing biophysical properties in protected tropical forests with syngergistic use of optical and SAR imagery / Cuizhen Wang and Jiaguo Qi.

Monitoring and modeling environmental change in protected areas: integration of focal species populations and remote sensing / Robert L. Crabtree and Jennifer W. Sheldon -- Monitoring and forecasting climate impacts on ecosystem dynamics in protected areas using the terrestrial observation and prediction system / Hirofumi Hashimoto [and others] -- Geospatial decision models for management of protected wetlands / Wei "Wayne" Ji.