@article{fdi:010062441, title = {{B}ringing an ecological view of change to {L}andsat-based remote sensing}, author = {{K}ennedy, {R}. {E}. and {A}ndr{\'e}fou{\¨e}t, {S}erge and {C}ohen, {W}. {B}. and {G}omez, {C}. and {G}riffiths, {P}. and {H}ais, {M}. and {H}ealey, {S}. {P}. and {H}elmer, {E}. {H}. and {H}ostert, {P}. and {L}yons, {M}. {B}. and {M}eigs, {G}. {W}. and {P}flugmacher, {D}. and {P}hinn, {S}. {R}. and {P}owell, {S}. {L}. and {S}carth, {P}. and {S}en, {S}. and {S}chroeder, {T}. {A}. and {S}chneider, {A}. and {S}onnenschein, {R}. and {V}ogelmann, {J}. {E}. and {W}ulder, {M}. {A}. and {Z}hu, {Z}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{W}hen characterizing the processes that shape ecosystems, ecologists increasingly use the unique perspective offered by repeat observations of remotely sensed imagery. {H}owever, the concept of change embodied in much of the traditional remote-sensing literature was primarily limited to capturing large or extreme changes occurring in natural systems, omitting many more subtle processes of interest to ecologists. {R}ecent technical advances have led to a fundamental shift toward an ecological view of change. {A}lthough this conceptual shift began with coarser-scale global imagery, it has now reached users of {L}andsat imagery, since these datasets have temporal and spatial characteristics appropriate to many ecological questions. {W}e argue that this ecologically relevant perspective of change allows the novel characterization of important dynamic processes, including disturbances, long-term trends, cyclical functions, and feedbacks, and that these improvements are already facilitating our understanding of critical driving forces, such as climate change, ecological interactions, and economic pressures.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}rontiers in {E}cology and the {E}nvironment}, volume = {12}, numero = {6}, pages = {339--346}, ISSN = {1540-9295}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.1890/130066}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062441}, }