The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science
Abstract There are repeated calls for remote sensing observations to produce accessible data products that improve our understanding and conservation of biodiversity. The Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape) addresses this need by integrating field, airborne, satellite, and modeling datasets t...
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| author | Anabelle W. Cardoso Erin L. Hestir Jasper A. Slingsby Cherie J. Forbes Glenn R. Moncrieff Woody Turner Andrew L. Skowno Jacob Nesslage Philip G. Brodrick Keith D. Gaddis Adam M. Wilson |
| author_facet | Anabelle W. Cardoso Erin L. Hestir Jasper A. Slingsby Cherie J. Forbes Glenn R. Moncrieff Woody Turner Andrew L. Skowno Jacob Nesslage Philip G. Brodrick Keith D. Gaddis Adam M. Wilson |
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| description | Abstract There are repeated calls for remote sensing observations to produce accessible data products that improve our understanding and conservation of biodiversity. The Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape) addresses this need by integrating field, airborne, satellite, and modeling datasets to advance the limits of global remote sensing of biodiversity. Over six weeks, an international team of ~150 scientists collected data across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems in South Africa. In situ biodiversity observations of plant and animal communities, estuaries, kelp, and plankton were made using traditional field methods as well as novel approaches like environmental DNA and acoustic surveys. Biodiversity observations were accompanied by an unprecedented combination of airborne imaging spectroscopy and lidar measurements acquired across 45,000 km2. Here, we review how the approaches applied in BioSCape will help us measure and monitor biodiversity at scale and the role of remote sensing in accomplishing this. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-892dadfb85414b84ac303376f103cd242025-02-09T12:42:01ZengNature Portfolionpj Biodiversity2731-42432025-02-01411910.1038/s44185-024-00071-5The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity scienceAnabelle W. Cardoso0Erin L. Hestir1Jasper A. Slingsby2Cherie J. Forbes3Glenn R. Moncrieff4Woody Turner5Andrew L. Skowno6Jacob Nesslage7Philip G. Brodrick8Keith D. Gaddis9Adam M. Wilson10Department of Geography, University at BuffaloDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California MercedDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cape TownDepartment of Geography, University at BuffaloThe Nature ConservancyEarth Science Division, NASA HeadquartersDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cape TownDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California MercedJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyEarth Science Division, NASA HeadquartersDepartment of Geography, University at BuffaloAbstract There are repeated calls for remote sensing observations to produce accessible data products that improve our understanding and conservation of biodiversity. The Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape) addresses this need by integrating field, airborne, satellite, and modeling datasets to advance the limits of global remote sensing of biodiversity. Over six weeks, an international team of ~150 scientists collected data across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems in South Africa. In situ biodiversity observations of plant and animal communities, estuaries, kelp, and plankton were made using traditional field methods as well as novel approaches like environmental DNA and acoustic surveys. Biodiversity observations were accompanied by an unprecedented combination of airborne imaging spectroscopy and lidar measurements acquired across 45,000 km2. Here, we review how the approaches applied in BioSCape will help us measure and monitor biodiversity at scale and the role of remote sensing in accomplishing this.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00071-5 |
| spellingShingle | Anabelle W. Cardoso Erin L. Hestir Jasper A. Slingsby Cherie J. Forbes Glenn R. Moncrieff Woody Turner Andrew L. Skowno Jacob Nesslage Philip G. Brodrick Keith D. Gaddis Adam M. Wilson The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science npj Biodiversity |
| title | The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science |
| title_full | The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science |
| title_fullStr | The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science |
| title_full_unstemmed | The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science |
| title_short | The biodiversity survey of the Cape (BioSCape), integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science |
| title_sort | biodiversity survey of the cape bioscape integrating remote sensing with biodiversity science |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00071-5 |
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