Wildlife habitat mapping strongly supports applications in natural resource management, environmental conservation, impacts of anthropogenic activity, perturbed ecosystem restoration, species-at-risk recovery and species inventory. Remote sensing has long been identifi ed as a feasible and effective technology for large-area habitat mapping. However, existing and future uncertainties in remote sensing will defi nitely have a signifi cant effect on the relevant scientifi c research. This article attempts to identify the current challenges and opportunities in remote sensing for large-area wildlife habitat mapping, and accordingly provide possible solutions and directions for further research.

clouds and cloud shadows, data fusion, landscape pattern analysis, large-area habitat mapping, remote sensing, sensors.