More than pretty pictures? Ecological applications of modern remote sensing

遥感技术的最新进展使我们能够越来越准确地测量生态系统的生物化学和结构特性。这类信息对于可持续的自然资源管理至关重要。然而，我们仍然缺乏对这项技术在环境决策方面的能力和局限性的清晰认识。该项目旨在调查我们在现代遥感工具能够测量景观变化和生境质量的程度方面的知识差距。这一合作研究项目旨在提供一个无与伦比的机会，通过将最先进的遥感技术与两个经过深入研究的小型实验的数据相结合来研究这些问题。

Recent advances in remote sensing are allowing us to measure the biochemical and structural properties of ecosystems with increasing accuracy. This type of information is essential for sustainable natural resource management. However, we still lack a clear understanding of this technology's capabilities and limitations for environmental decision making. This project aims to investigate key gaps in our knowledge about the extent to which modern remote sensing tools are capable of measuring landscape change and habitat quality. This collaborative research project aims to provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine these issues by combining state-of-the-art remote sensing with data from two intensively studied landscape-scale experiments.