Environmental science: Agree on biodiversity metrics to track from space

Andrew K. Skidmore (), Nathalie Pettorelli, Nicholas C. Coops, Gary N. Geller, Matthew Hansen, Richard Lucas, Caspar A. Mücher, Brian O'Connor, Marc Paganini, Henrique Miguel Pereira, Michael E. Schaepman, Woody Turner, Tiejun Wang and Martin Wegmann
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Andrew K. Skidmore: Andrew K. Skidmore is professor of spatial environmental resource dynamics at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
Nathalie Pettorelli: Nathalie Pettorelli is a research fellow in conservation biology at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK.
Nicholas C. Coops: Nicholas C. Coops is professor of remote sensing at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Gary N. Geller: Gary N. Geller is senior expert in biodiversity and ecosystems at the Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland.
Matthew Hansen: Matthew Hansen is professor of remote sensing at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Richard Lucas: Richard Lucas is professor of remote sensing and biogoegraphy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Caspar A. Mücher: Caspar A. Mücher is a senior researcher remote sensing at Alterra, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Brian O'Connor: Brian O'Connor is programme officer at United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Marc Paganini: Marc Paganini is a technical officer at the European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy.
Henrique Miguel Pereira: Henrique Miguel Pereira is professor of biodiversity conservation at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany.
Michael E. Schaepman: Michael E. Schaepman is professor of remote sensing at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Woody Turner: Woody Turner is program manager for ecological forecasting at NASA, Washington, DC, USA.
Tiejun Wang: Tiejun Wang is assistant professor of spatial ecology at ITC University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
Martin Wegmann: Martin Wegmann is assistant professor of remote sensing for biodiversity and conservation at the University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.

Nature, 2015, vol. 523, issue 7561, 403-405

Abstract: Ecologists and space agencies must forge a global monitoring strategy, say Andrew K. Skidmore, Nathalie Pettorelli and colleagues.

Date: 2015
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