Martin Wegmann

TL;DR: With the first plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) soon under way, partners are developing—and seeking consensus around—Essential Biod diversity Variables (EBVs) that could form the basis of monitoring programs worldwide.

TL;DR: An interdisciplinary perspective on the prospects of satellite remote sensing (SRS) for ecological applications is provided, reviewing established avenues and highlighting new research and technological developments that have a high potential to make a difference in environmental management.

TL;DR: Ecologists and space agencies must forge a global monitoring strategy to tackle climate change, say scientists and scientists.

TL;DR: The study aims to detect similarities and differences in spatial growth in the large Indian urban agglomerations, and paints a characteristic picture of spatial pattern, gradients and landscape metrics, and thus illustrate spatial growth and future modelling of urban development in India.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate how modern sensors onboard satellites, planes and unmanned aerial vehicles are revolutionizing the way we can detect and monitor both plant and animal species in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems as well as allowing the emergence of novel predictor variables appropriate for species distribution modeling.