Wei Hou Methodical basis for landscape structure analysis and monitoring: inclusion of ecotones and small landscape elements Volume 12 of the series "Remote Sensing and Applied Geoinformatics" Edited by Univ. Prof. Dr. habil. Elmar Csaplovics, Chair of Remote Sensing, FR Geosciences, TU Dresden 134 pages, DIN B5 format, numerous illustrations, many of them colored. Language: English. Price: 32.80 Euro. ISBN 978-3-944101-21-7. Publisher: Rhombos Verlag, Berlin 2017 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Faculty of Forest, Geo and Hydro Sciences of Technische Universität Dresden for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr.rer.nat.) in 2014 About this book Effective methods for measuring habitat pattern at landscape level are crucial for understanding the ecological processes. The widely used patch-corridor-matrix model in landscape structure analysis may be oversimplified by losing valuable information, such as the terrain characteristics of landscape, ecotones, and small biotopes. The present work originates from the integration of the third spatial dimension in land-cover classification and landscape structure analysis. The focus is on the extraction of ecotones and small landscape elements based on high-resolution images and DEMs, and the integration of these elements in 3D landscape metrics. This work is meant to supply a possible way to enhance the model of landscape structure analysis. It may be interested to both scientists and practitioners in this field.weiterlesen