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Creating a Detailed Wetland Inventory with Sentinel-2 Time-Series Data and Google Earth Engine in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of Canada and the United States represent a unique mapping challenge. They are dynamic both seasonally and year-to-year, are very small, and frequently altered by human activity. Many efforts have been made to
Evan R. DeLancey   +7 more
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Impacts of land-use management on ecosystem services and biodiversity: an agent-based modelling approach [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2016
The science of ecosystem service (ES) mapping has become increasingly sophisticated over the past 20 years, and examples of successfully integrating ES into management decisions at national and sub-national scales have begun to emerge.
Thomas J. Habib   +5 more
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‘WildLift’: An Open-Source Tool to Guide Decisions for Wildlife Conservation

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
A recurring challenge for resource managers and decision makers is quantifying the trade-offs associated with alternative recovery actions for threatened species.
Mariana Nagy-Reis   +8 more
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Effects of Natural Land Cover, Anthropogenic Disturbance, Space, and Climate on Oribatid Mite Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands Region

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
Soil contains a diverse fauna and microflora that are vital for maintaining healthy soils and their various ecosystem services. Oribatid mites are typically highly abundant arthropods in the soil and are used as indicators for environmental monitoring ...
Lisa M. Lumley   +3 more
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Repeated subsamples during DNA extraction reveal increased diversity estimates in DNA metabarcoding of Malaise traps

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2022
With increased application of DNA metabarcoding in biodiversity assessment, various laboratory protocols have been optimized, and their further evaluation is subject of current research. Homogenization of bulk samples and subsequent DNA extraction from a
Vera M. A. Zizka   +7 more
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Monitoring Biodiversity

open access: yes, 2023
This book is an exciting reappraisal of the role and practice of biodiversity monitoring, showing how new technologies and software applications are rapidly maturing and can both complement and maintain continuity with the best practice in traditional field skills. Environmental monitoring is a key component in a large number of national programmes and
Anna Allard   +2 more
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Satellite Time Series and Google Earth Engine Democratize the Process of Forest-Recovery Monitoring over Large Areas

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Contemporary forest-health initiatives require technologies and workflows that can monitor forest degradation and recovery simply and efficiently over large areas.
Jennifer N. Hird   +2 more
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Incorporating mechanism into conservation actions in an age of multiple and emerging threats: The case of boreal caribou

open access: yesEcosphere, 2023
Conservation strategies for imperiled species are frequently based on identifying and addressing the probable causes of population decline, an approach known as the declining population paradigm.
Craig A. DeMars   +7 more
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EU BON’s contributions towards meeting Aichi Biodiversity Target 19 [PDF]

open access: yesResearch Ideas and Outcomes, 2017
The EU BON (“Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network”) project has made important contributions towards the achievement of global conservation targets.
Katherine Despot-Belmonte   +14 more
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Data and information management for the monitoring of biodiversity in Alberta

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2015
The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) monitors large‐scale responses of biodiversity to environmental change in Alberta, Canada, based on standardized and ongoing data collection.
Péter Sólymos   +15 more
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