Remote Sensing for biodiversity studies of very high spatial resolution

Remote Sensing (RS) is currently one of most important tool for Earth Observation. Many biodiversity and conservation studies depend on RS imagery and techniques as main source of environmental data. However, data are often limited to the available satellite imagery. In the case of local studies, satellite imagery frequently lacks adequate spatial or temporal resolution. Drones can provide valuable data with very high spatial resolution. However, when study areas are very small, even drones are not a good solution. Here, we present a study case where we modelled the distribution of several individuals of lizards using a simple camera attached to a stick and a matrix of temperature/humidity …