Emerging Patterns in the Landscape

Earth observation for rice crop monitoring and yield estimation: application of satellite data and physically based models to the Mekong Delta

“…Rice, along with wheat and maize, is one of three leading food crops in the world; together they supply more than 50 percent of all calories consumed by the entire human population (Farina, 2006). Global milled rice consumption is projected to reach around 474 million tons in 2012/2013 (Trade and Markets Division-Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation, 2012).…”

“…Ecotones are important key structures of the functioning of landscape, and have a special role as indicators of climate change (Farina, 2006). Moreover, ecotone research has been linked to landscape ecology through edge effects, interior habitat, and ecological gradients (Wiens et al, 1985;Forman, 1995;Ewers and Didham, 2006).…”