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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 New Challenges for the Landscape Sciences -- 1.2 Goals and Objectives of This Book -- 1.3 Utilizing This Book to Its Fullest Benefit -- 1.4 Significance of Landscape Ecology Research -- 1.5 Selection of Study Sites -- 1.6 Summary of Chapters -- Chapter 2: Key Processes for Effective Remote Sensing-Based Landscape Ecology Projects -- 2.1 The Essentials -- 2.1.1 Terminology -- 2.1.2 Image Interpretation -- 2.2 The Key Data Types -- 2.2.1 Aerial Photographs -- 2.2.2 Specialized Digital Imagery -- 2.3 Meeting the Ecological and Societal Needs of a Project -- 2.3.1 Data Cost, Availability, and Quality Considerations -- 2.3.2 Selecting among Key Data Types -- 2.3.3 In Pursuit of Ecological Information -- 2.4 Metric Measurability, Applicability, and Sensitivity -- 2.5 Associations between Remote Sensing and Ecological Data -- 2.6 Leveraging Land Cover Products -- 2.7 Leveraging Digital Data for Image Processing -- 2.8 The Importance of Preprocessing -- 2.9 The Role of Classification Systems -- 2.10 Change Analysis -- 2.11 Assessment of Accuracy -- 2.12 Brief Evaluation of Landscape Metrics -- 2.13 Information Management Factors -- 2.14 Management Uses of Landscape Metrics and Indicators -- Chapter 3: Utilizing Remote Sensing to Solve Landscape Ecology Challenges in Diverse Landscapes -- 3.1 Overview of Project Approach -- 3.2 Metrics and Indicators -- 3.3 Landscape Scale and Gradients -- 3.4 Landscape Models -- 3.5 Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Using Selected Landscape Metrics and Approaches -- 3.6 Regulatory Support Uses in the Great Lakes (Policy Goals) -- 3.7 Ecological Research Uses in the Great Lakes (Science Goals) -- 3.8 Inferring Ecological Condition