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An Adaptive Change Threshold Selection Method Based on Land Cover Posterior Probability and Spatial Neighborhood Information

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021
Change threshold selection (CTS) plays an important role in land cover change detection. The traditional CTS methods are mainly based on the information contained in grayscale histogram distributions or pixel neighborhoods.
Huaqiao Xing, Linye Zhu, Yongyu Feng, Wei Wang, Dongyang Hou, Fei Meng, Yuanlong Ni   +6 more
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Forest cover change detection using Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing techniques: a spatio-temporal study on Komto Protected forest priority area, East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research, 2020
Background Forest plays an important role in climate regulation and carbon sequestration. Komto Forest is one of the remnant natural forests found in Guto Gida district of East Wollega zone, Ethiopia, has been supporting the local community for ...
Milkessa Dangia Negassa, Demissie Tsega Mallie, Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda   +2 more
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Yellow River Basin from 1980 to 2015 and Its Impact on the Ecosystem Services

Land, 2021
Land use and land cover change is an important driving force for changes in ecosystem services. We defined several important human-induced land cover change processes such as Ecological Restoration Project, Cropland Expansion, Land Degradation, and ...
Bo Liu, Libo Pan, Yue Qi, Xiao Guan, Junsheng Li   +4 more
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Anticipated climate and land-cover changes reveal refuge areas for Borneo's orang-utans [PDF]

, 2015
Habitat loss and climate change pose a double jeopardy for many threatened taxa, making the identification of optimal habitat for the future a conservation priority.
Fischer, M., Catherine Gonner, Gaveau, David L A, Wich, Serge A., Erik Meijaard, Wilting, A., Sykes, Rachel, Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, Kramer-Schadt, S., Rachel Sykes, Manuela Fischer, Struebig, Matthew J, Gonner, C., Gonner, Catherine, Wich, Serge A, Skyes, R., Meijaard, E., Gaveau, D.L.A., Meijaard, Erik, Sykes, Rachel E., Struebig, Matthew J., David L. A. Gaveau, Gaveau, David L. A., Struebig, M., Matthew J. Struebig, Fischer, Manuela, Serge A. Wich, Wich, S., Andreas Wilting, Wilting, Andreas, Stephanie Kramer‐Schadt   +30 more
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FROM-GLC Plus: toward near real-time and multi-resolution land cover mapping

GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2022
Global land cover has undergone extensive and rapid changes as a result of human activities and climate change. These changes have had a significant impact on biodiversity, the surface energy balance, and sustainable development.
Le Yu, Zhenrong Du, Runmin Dong, Juepeng Zheng, Ying Tu, Xin Chen, Pengyu Hao, Bo Zhong, Dailiang Peng, Jiyao Zhao, Xiyu Li, Jianyu Yang, Haohuan Fu, Guangwen Yang, Peng Gong   +14 more
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Analyzing the Land Use and Cover Change Inside and Outside China’s Ecological Function Area

, 2023
The establishment of nature reserves and ecological function areas is crucial for preserving the natural environment and the invaluable services provided by ecosystems. In our study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis using the 2011–2020 Chinese
Yajuan Wang, Yongheng Rao, Hongbo Zhu
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in Khorezm, Uzbekistan [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
This article depicts on discussions about land use and land cover change distribution in Khorezm province, Uzbekistan between 1987 and 2019. For the study Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI respectively used to detect land use changes in the study area ...
Rakhmonov Sherzod, Umurzakov Uktam, Rakhmonov Kosimdjon, Bozarov Iqbol, Karamatov Ozodbek   +4 more
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Land cover classification using multi-temporal MERIS vegetation indices [PDF]

, 2007
The spectral, spatial, and temporal resolutions of Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) data are attractive for regional- to global-scale land cover mapping.
Mathur, A., Lillesand, T.M., Chipman, J., Curran, Paul, Foody, G.M., Curran, P.J., Foody, Giles M., Dash, J.   +7 more
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Projection of the Spatially Explicit Land Use/Cover Changes in China, 2010–2100

Advances in Meteorology, 2013
Land use/cover change (LUCC) is an important part of the global environmental change. This study predicted the future structure of land use/cover on the basis of the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) and an econometric model with the socioeconomic ...
Yongwei Yuan, Tao Zhao, Weimin Wang, Shaohui Chen, Feng Wu   +4 more
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The role of land cover change in Arctic-Boreal greening and browning trends

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Many studies have used time series of satellite-derived vegetation indices to identify so-called greening and browning trends across the northern high-latitudes and to suggest that the productivity of Arctic-Boreal ecosystems is changing in response to ...
Jonathan A Wang, Mark A Friedl
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