{"id":24,"date":"2016-10-14T13:31:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T12:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2020-10-26T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T11:25:43","slug":"2-mapping-and-predicting-ecosystem-functions-and-biodiversity-from-space","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/key_projects\/2-mapping-and-predicting-ecosystem-functions-and-biodiversity-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"2. Remote sensing tools and models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DSC_0072-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0072\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DSC_0072-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DSC_0072-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DSC_0072-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DrivefromLushotoToMombo_8-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DrivefromLushotoToMombo_8\" width=\"268\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DrivefromLushotoToMombo_8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DrivefromLushotoToMombo_8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/files\/2016\/09\/DrivefromLushotoToMombo_8-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are working on novel methods (e.g. engineering-derived algorithms for\u00a0image analyses) to quantify habitat fragmentation effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functions at landscape scales. We are developing new metrics (Edge Sensitivity, Fragmentation Impact) to measure species responses to fragmentation. We are developing up-scaling algorithms\u00a0to link ecosystem functional attributes (biophysical structure: canopy leaf area index, fraction of absorbed photo-synthetically active radiation, fractional vegetation cover, stress, biomass) to satellite sensor data. And we are exploiting advances in image analysis, mapping ecosystem functions and fragmentation research to map\u00a0biodiversity response (species abundance, species richness) from\u00a0satellite sensor data.<\/p>\n<p>Active projects: (1) The Global LAI Project. <a href=\"https:\/\/globallai.wordpress.com\/\">Link<\/a>. (2) The Global BIOFRAG project. <a href=\"https:\/\/biofrag.wordpress.com\/\">Link<\/a>. (3) Validating earth observation products. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/key_projects\/2-mapping-and-predicting-ecosystem-functions-and-biodiversity-from-space\/gedi-bio\/\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are working on novel methods (e.g. engineering-derived algorithms for\u00a0image analyses) to quantify habitat fragmentation effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functions at landscape scales. We are developing new metrics (Edge Sensitivity, Fragmentation Impact) to measure species responses to fragmentation. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/key_projects\/2-mapping-and-predicting-ecosystem-functions-and-biodiversity-from-space\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6537,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/467"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/marionpfeifer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}