Can airborne laser scanning or satellite images, or a combination of the two, be used to predict the abundance and species richness of birds and beetles at a patch scale?

• Management of forests for biodiversity conservation requires knowledge on the habitat needs of forest-dwelling species. Important habitat factors include local stand conditions such as forest structure and tree species composition as well as the amount and distribution of suitable local habitats in a surrounding landscape. Information at both these scales can be efficiently derived from remotely sensed data.Focusing on the European boreal forest, this paper presents an analysis of the relation between the local-scale abundance and species richness of forest-dwelling birds and beetles on the one hand, and information derived from airborne laser scanning (ALS) data and satellite images on the other. The aim is to answer the following questions: 1. Can ALS-data or satellite image data or a combination of the two be used to identify important habitats for forest dwelling beetles and birds in boreal forest? 2. Which type of remote sensing data can best explain biodiversity patterns for beetle and birds species in boreal forest? 3. How accurate can different remote sensing methods predict biodiversity patterns at different spatial scales?

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Multidisciplinär geovetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geosciences, Multidisciplinary (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Naturresursteknik -- Fjärranalysteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Environmental Engineering -- Remote Sensing (hsv//eng)

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