@Article{BanonAVMMRBN:2019:ReCrNe,
               author = "Banon, Gabriela Paola Ribeiro and Arraut, Eduardo Moraes and 
                         Villamar{\'{\i}}n, Francisco and Marioni, Boris and Moulatlet, 
                         Gabriel Massaine and Renn{\'o}, Camilo Daleles and Banon, Gerald 
                         Jean Francis and Novo, Evlyn M{\'a}rcia Le{\~a}o de Moraes",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidad Regional 
                         Amaz{\'o}nica} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da 
                         Amaz{\^o}nia (INPA)} and {Universidad Regional Amaz{\'o}nica} 
                         and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "A review on crocodilian nesting habitats and their 
                         characterisation via remote sensing",
              journal = "Amphibia-Reptilia",
                 year = "2019",
               volume = "40",
                pages = "403--423",
             keywords = "crocodile, environmental variable, nesting habitat, remote sensing 
                         imagery, reptile.",
             abstract = "Crocodilians usually remain inside or near their nests during most 
                         vulnerable life stages (as eggs, neonates and reproductive 
                         females). Thus, protection of nesting sites is one of the most 
                         appropriate conservation actions for these species. Nesting sites 
                         are often found across areas with difficult access, making remote 
                         sensing a valuable tool used to derive environmental variables for 
                         characterisation of nesting habitats. In this study, we (i) review 
                         crocodilian nesting habitats worldwide to identify key variables 
                         for nesting site distribution: proximity to open-water, open-water 
                         stability, vegetation, light, precipitation, salinity, soil 
                         properties, temperature, topography, and flooding status, (ii) 
                         present a summary of the relative importance of these variables 
                         for each crocodilian species, (iii) identify knowledge gaps in the 
                         use of remote sensing methods currently used to map potential 
                         crocodilian nesting sites, and (iv) provide insight into how these 
                         remotely sensed variables can be derived to promote research on 
                         crocodilian ecology and conservation. We show that few studies 
                         have used remote sensing and that the range of images and methods 
                         used comprises a tiny fraction of what is available at little to 
                         no cost. Finally, we discuss how the combined use of remote 
                         sensing methods optical, radar, and laser may help overcome 
                         difficulties routinely faced in nest mapping (e.g., cloud cover, 
                         flooding beneath the forest canopy, or complicated relief) in a 
                         relevant way to crocodilians and to other semiaquatic vertebrates 
                         in different environments.",
                  doi = "10.1163/15685381-20191159",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-20191159",
                 issn = "0173-5373",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "[15685381 - Amphibia-Reptilia] A review on crocodilian nesting 
                         habitats and their characterisation via remote sensing.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}