â Part I: An Introduction to Remote Sensing Tools for Habitat Mapping and Monitoring1. Introducing the Book "The Roles of Remote Sensing in Nature Conservation" 2. Towards a Mature Age of Remote Sensing for Natura 2000 Habitat Conservation: Poor method transferability as a prime obstacle3. Pre-processing of Remotely Sensed Imagery 4. Long-term Ecological Monitoring at Landscape Scale for Nature Conservation: The example of Donana protected areaPart II: Habitat Case Studies5. NILS - A Nationwide Inventory Program for Monitoring the Conditions and Changes of the Swedish Landscape6. Mapping Coastal Habitats in Wales7. Integrated Monitoring for Biodiversity Using Remote Sensing: From local to regional 8. Sub-pixel Mapping of Donana Shrubland SpeciesPart III Species-driven Remote Sensing and New Technologies Studies 9. Mapping the Distribution of Understorey Rhododendron ponticum Using Low-tech Multispectral UAV Derived Imagery10. The Potential of UAV Derived Image Features for Discriminating Savannah Tree Species11. A Toolbox for Remotely Monitoring Large Carnivores in Sweden12. Coupling Field Sampling with Earth Observation Increases Understanding of Tiger Movement and Behaviour13. Improving the Accuracy of Bird Counts Using Manual and Automated Counts in ImageJ: An Open-Source Image Processing Program14. Using UAVs to Map Aquatic Bird ColoniesPart IV Looking Ahead Through Current Research Projects and Expected Advances15. The Integrated Land Cover and Change Classifications16. Expected Advances In a Rapidly Developing Work Area