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The Great Lakes BotanistThe Seven Lakes Nature Preserve comprises nearly 2,400 hectares of aquatic, wetland, and upland habitats in southeastern Alger and northeastern Schoolcraft counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Ryne Rutherford, Susan Fawcett
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Ecosphere, 2017 The generally negative effect of anthropogenic disturbance on the quality of habitats for species viability makes it a common focus of conservation assessment and prioritization efforts.
Karin L. Decker +6 more
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Gradient-Based Assessment of Habitat Quality for Spectral Ecosystem Monitoring
Remote Sensing, 2015 The monitoring of ecosystems alterations has become a crucial task in order to develop valuable habitats for rare and threatened species. The information extracted from hyperspectral remote sensing data enables the generation of highly spatially resolved
Carsten Neumann +6 more
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Development of a new GIS-based method to detect high natural value farmlands. A case study in central Italy [PDF]
, 2017 An original method for the identification of High Natural Value farmlands is presented. Gathering information about land use (CORINE Land Cover), geomorphology (elevation and Terrain Ruggedness Index) and remote sensing data in a GIS environment we were ...
Abbate, Giovanna +3 more
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, 2018 In 2003, the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) program was established in coastal Louisiana marshes and swamps to assess the effectiveness of individual coastal restoration projects and the cumulative effects of multiple projects at regional and coastwide scales (Steyer et al., 2003). In order to make these assessments, analytical teams were
Cretini, Kari F. +7 more
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Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging spectrometer AVIS: Design, characterization and calibration [PDF]
, 2007 The Airborne Visible/Infrared imaging Spectrometer AVIS is a hyperspectral imager designed for environmental monitoring purposes. The sensor, which was constructed entirely from commercially available components, has been successfully deployed during ...
Bach +22 more
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Bacon\u27s Swamp- Ghost of a Central Indiana Natural Area Past [PDF]
, 2014 Bacon’s Swamp was identified in the 1920s as a ca. 12 ha glacial kettle lake bog system at the southernmost limits of these habitats in Indiana. Located just 9.6 km from the center of Indianapolis, the site was all but destroyed in the mid-20th century ...
Dolan, Rebecca W.
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Understanding the habitat requirements of imperiled flora is critical for informing ex situ conservation practices, designing effective reintroduction strategies, and understanding how climate change will impact such species, especially in montane regions with high levels of environmental heterogeneity. In southern Appalachia, USA, the
Nicholas J. Chang +6 more
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Community structure of ferns in riparian forest: evaluation in anthropization gradient
Revista Ambiente & Água, 2016 Riparian forests are essential to the maintenance of biodiversity and foster the development of ferns that are indicators of environmental quality.
Ivanete Teresinha Mallmann +2 more
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Living \u3cem\u3eMore Than\u3c/em\u3e Just Enough for the City: Persistence of High-Quality Vegetation in Natural Areas in an Urban Setting [PDF]
, 2011 Urban environments pose special challenges to flora, including altered disturbance regimes, habitat fragmentation, and increased opportunity for invasion by non-native species. In addition, urban natural area represents most people’s contact with nature,
Dolan, Rebecca W. +2 more
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