Perspectives on the Special Issue for Applications of Remote Sensing for Livestock and Grazingland Management

The use of geospatial sciences and technologies for the management of grazinglands has fostered a plethora of applications related to ecology, wildlife, vegetation science, forage productivity and quality, and animal husbandry. Some of the earliest use of remote sensing dates to the proliferation of...

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Published inRemote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 8; p. 1882
Main Authors Rhodes, Edward C., Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L., Reeves, Matthew C., Gonzalez, Luciano A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2022
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Aerial photography
Animal behavior
Animal health
Animal husbandry
Biomass
Cameras
Climate change
Cloud computing
Data collection
Datasets
drone
geographic information systems
Global navigation satellite system
Internet of Things
Livestock
Management decisions
modeling
Moisture effects
Navigation behavior
Navigation satellites
Pasture management
Remote observing
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Satellites
Science
Soil moisture
spatial data science
Telemetry
unmanned aerial systems
unmanned aerial vehicle
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Vegetation
Wildlife
World War I
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Summary:The use of geospatial sciences and technologies for the management of grazinglands has fostered a plethora of applications related to ecology, wildlife, vegetation science, forage productivity and quality, and animal husbandry. Some of the earliest use of remote sensing dates to the proliferation of aerial photography in the 1930s. Today, remote sensing using satellite imagery, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), and internet-connected devices and sensors allow for real- and near real-time modeling and observation of grazingland resources. In this special issue of Remote Sensing, we introduce nine original publications focusing on varying aspects of grazingland management, such as animal health and telemetry, climate change, soil moisture, herbaceous biomass, and vegetation phenology. The work in this issue spans a diverse range of scale from satellite to unmanned aerial systems imagery, as well as ground-based measurements from mounted cameras, telemetry devices, and datalogging devices. Remote sensing-based technologies continue to evolve, allowing us to address critical issues facing grazingland management such as climate change, restoration, forage abundance and quality, and animal behavior, production, and welfare.
ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs14081882