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Are landscape ecologists addressing uncertainty in their remote sensing data? Lechner, A, Langford, W, Bekessy, S and Jones, S 2012, 'Are landscape ecologists addressing uncertainty in their remote sensing data?', Landscape Ecology, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1249-1261. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size n2006038753.pdf Accepted Manuscript application/pdf 888.56KB Title Are landscape ecologists addressing uncertainty in their remote sensing data? Author(s) Lechner, A Langford, W Bekessy, S Jones, S Year 2012 Journal name Landscape Ecology Volume number 27 Issue number 9 Start page 1249 End page 1261 Total pages 13 Publisher Springer Netherlands Abstract In this quantitative review, we investigate the degree to which landscape ecology studies that use spatial data address spatial uncertainty when conducting analyses. We identify three broad categories of spatial uncertainty that are important in determining the characterisation of landscape pattern and affect the outcome of analysis in landscape ecology: (i) classification scheme uncertainty, (ii) spatial scale and (iii) classification error. The second category, spatial scale, was further subdivided into five scale dependent factors (i) pixel size, (ii) minimum mappable unit, (iii) smoothing, (iv) thematic resolution and (v) extent. We reviewed all articles published in the journal Landscape ecology in 2007 and recorded how spatial data was used and whether spatial uncertainty was addressed or reported in ecological analyses. This review found that spatial uncertainty was rarely addressed and/or reported. Subject Landscape Ecology Keyword(s) Classification error GIS Land-cover mapping Landscape pattern Remote sensing Scale Spatial uncertainty DOI - identifier 10.1007/s10980-012-9791-7 Copyright notice © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 ISSN 0921-2973 Additional Notes This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Landscape Ecology. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-012-9791-7. Related Links Link Description http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-012-9791-7 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 15 Apr 2013, 13:09:04 EST Thu, 19 Jun 2014, 00:18:46 EST Wed, 31 Oct 2018, 10:36:25 EST Wed, 31 Oct 2018, 10:38:38 EST Wed, 31 Oct 2018, 10:45:13 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 49 times in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Article | Citations Cited 40 times in Scopus Article | Citations Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 179 Abstract Views, 50 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 15 Apr 2013, 12:04:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator