Although satellite-based variables have for long been expected to be key components to a unified and global biodiversity monitoring strategy, a definitive and agreed list of these variables still remains elusive. The growth of interest in biodiversity variables observable from space has been partly underpinned by the development of the essential biodiversity variable (EBV) framework by the Group on Earth Observations – Biodiversity Observation Network, which itself was guided by the process of identifying essential climate variables. This contribution aims to advance the development of a global biodiversity monitoring strategy by updating the previously published definition of EBV, providing a definition of satellite remote sensing (SRS) EBVs and introducing a set of principles that are believed to be necessary if ecologists and space agencies are to agree on a list of EBVs that can be routinely monitored from space. Progress toward the identification of SRS-EBVs will require a clear understanding of what makes a biodiversity variable essential, as well as agreement on who the users of the SRS-EBVs are. Technological and algorithmic developments are rapidly expanding the set of opportunities for SRS in monitoring biodiversity, and so the list of SRS-EBVs is likely to evolve over time. This means that a clear and common platform for data providers, ecologists, environmental managers, policy makers and remote sensing experts to interact and share ideas needs to be identified to support long-term coordinated actions.
%0 Journal Article
%1 RSE2:RSE215
%A Pettorelli, Nathalie
%A Wegmann, Martin
%A Skidmore, Andrew
%A Mücher, Sander
%A Dawson, Terence P.
%A Fernandez, Miguel
%A Lucas, Richard
%A Schaepman, Michael E.
%A Wang, Tiejun
%A O'Connor, Brian
%A Jongman, Robert H.G.
%A Kempeneers, Pieter
%A Sonnenschein, Ruth
%A Leidner, Allison K.
%A Böhm, Monika
%A He, Kate S.
%A Nagendra, Harini
%A Dubois, Grégoire
%A Fatoyinbo, Temilola
%A Hansen, Matthew C.
%A Paganini, Marc
%A de Klerk, Helen M.
%A Asner, Gregory P.
%A Kerr, Jeremy T.
%A Estes, Anna B.
%A Schmeller, Dirk S.
%A Heiden, Uta
%A Rocchini, Duccio
%A Pereira, Henrique M.
%A Turak, Eren
%A Fernandez, Nestor
%A Lausch, Angela
%A Cho, Moses A.
%A Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo
%A McGeoch, Mélodie A.
%A Turner, Woody
%A Mueller, Andreas
%A St-Louis, Véronique
%A Penner, Johannes
%A Vihervaara, Petteri
%A Belward, Alan
%A Reyers, Belinda
%A Geller, Gary N.
%D 2016
%J Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
%K article lsfe wegmann
%R 10.1002/rse2.15
%T Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.15
%X Although satellite-based variables have for long been expected to be key components to a unified and global biodiversity monitoring strategy, a definitive and agreed list of these variables still remains elusive. The growth of interest in biodiversity variables observable from space has been partly underpinned by the development of the essential biodiversity variable (EBV) framework by the Group on Earth Observations – Biodiversity Observation Network, which itself was guided by the process of identifying essential climate variables. This contribution aims to advance the development of a global biodiversity monitoring strategy by updating the previously published definition of EBV, providing a definition of satellite remote sensing (SRS) EBVs and introducing a set of principles that are believed to be necessary if ecologists and space agencies are to agree on a list of EBVs that can be routinely monitored from space. Progress toward the identification of SRS-EBVs will require a clear understanding of what makes a biodiversity variable essential, as well as agreement on who the users of the SRS-EBVs are. Technological and algorithmic developments are rapidly expanding the set of opportunities for SRS in monitoring biodiversity, and so the list of SRS-EBVs is likely to evolve over time. This means that a clear and common platform for data providers, ecologists, environmental managers, policy makers and remote sensing experts to interact and share ideas needs to be identified to support long-term coordinated actions.
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abstract = {Although satellite-based variables have for long been expected to be key components to a unified and global biodiversity monitoring strategy, a definitive and agreed list of these variables still remains elusive. The growth of interest in biodiversity variables observable from space has been partly underpinned by the development of the essential biodiversity variable (EBV) framework by the Group on Earth Observations – Biodiversity Observation Network, which itself was guided by the process of identifying essential climate variables. This contribution aims to advance the development of a global biodiversity monitoring strategy by updating the previously published definition of EBV, providing a definition of satellite remote sensing (SRS) EBVs and introducing a set of principles that are believed to be necessary if ecologists and space agencies are to agree on a list of EBVs that can be routinely monitored from space. Progress toward the identification of SRS-EBVs will require a clear understanding of what makes a biodiversity variable essential, as well as agreement on who the users of the SRS-EBVs are. Technological and algorithmic developments are rapidly expanding the set of opportunities for SRS in monitoring biodiversity, and so the list of SRS-EBVs is likely to evolve over time. This means that a clear and common platform for data providers, ecologists, environmental managers, policy makers and remote sensing experts to interact and share ideas needs to be identified to support long-term coordinated actions.},
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author = {Pettorelli, Nathalie and Wegmann, Martin and Skidmore, Andrew and Mücher, Sander and Dawson, Terence P. and Fernandez, Miguel and Lucas, Richard and Schaepman, Michael E. and Wang, Tiejun and O'Connor, Brian and Jongman, Robert H.G. and Kempeneers, Pieter and Sonnenschein, Ruth and Leidner, Allison K. and Böhm, Monika and He, Kate S. and Nagendra, Harini and Dubois, Grégoire and Fatoyinbo, Temilola and Hansen, Matthew C. and Paganini, Marc and de Klerk, Helen M. and Asner, Gregory P. and Kerr, Jeremy T. and Estes, Anna B. and Schmeller, Dirk S. and Heiden, Uta and Rocchini, Duccio and Pereira, Henrique M. and Turak, Eren and Fernandez, Nestor and Lausch, Angela and Cho, Moses A. and Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo and McGeoch, Mélodie A. and Turner, Woody and Mueller, Andreas and St-Louis, Véronique and Penner, Johannes and Vihervaara, Petteri and Belward, Alan and Reyers, Belinda and Geller, Gary N.},
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journal = {Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation},
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timestamp = {2016-04-26T11:41:08.000+0200},
title = {Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.15},
year = 2016
}