Exploring Natura 2000 habitats by satellite image segmentation combined with phytosociological data: a case study from the Cierny Balog area (Central Slovakia).

ABSTRACT: Natura 2000 is a network of protected areas covering Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats. Recently, biota belonging to these networks have been threatened by both climate change and various human impacts. Regular monitoring is needed to ensure effective protection and proper management measures in these sites and habitats, but conventional field approaches are often time-consuming and inaccurate. New approaches and studies with different focuses and results are being developed. Our approach includes point data from field research and phytosociological databases as starting points for automatic segmentation, which has been developed just recently as a novel method that could help to connect ground-based and remote sensing data. Our case study is located in Central Slo

SUBMITTER: Cahojova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9626646 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature