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Seeing Trees from Drones: The Role of Leaf Phenology Transition in Mapping Species Distribution in Species-Rich Montane Forests
The complex topography of subtropical montane forests favors the coexistence of diverse plant species, making these species-rich forests a high priority for biodiversity monitoring, prediction, and conservation. Mapping tree species distribution accurately in these areas is an essential basis for biodiversity research and is often challenging due to their complex structure. Remote sensing has widely been used for mapping tree species, but relatively little attention has been paid to species-rich montane forests. In this study, the capability of high-resolution UAV remote sensing imagery for mapping six tree species, standing dead trees, and canopy gaps was tested in a subtropical montane forest at an elevation of 816~1165 m in eastern China. Spectral, spatial geometrical, and textural features in a specific phenological period when obvious color differences among the leaves of different species were extracted, and four object-based classification algorithms (K-nearest neighbor (KNN), classification and regression tree (CART), support vector machine (SVM), and random forest (RF)) were used for tree species classification. We found that: (1) mapping tree species distribution using low-cost UAV RGB imagery in a specific leaf phenological period has great application potential in subtropical montane forests with complex terrain. (2) Plant spectral features in the leaf senescence period contributed significantly to species classification, while the contribution of textural features was limited. The highest classification accuracy was 83% using KNN with the combination of spectral and spatial geometrical features. (3) Topographical complexity had a significant impact on mapping species distribution. The classification accuracy was generally higher in steep areas, especially in the low slope area.
Seeing Trees from Drones: The Role of Leaf Phenology Transition in Mapping Species Distribution in Species-Rich Montane Forests
The complex topography of subtropical montane forests favors the coexistence of diverse plant species, making these species-rich forests a high priority for biodiversity monitoring, prediction, and conservation. Mapping tree species distribution accurately in these areas is an essential basis for biodiversity research and is often challenging due to their complex structure. Remote sensing has widely been used for mapping tree species, but relatively little attention has been paid to species-rich montane forests. In this study, the capability of high-resolution UAV remote sensing imagery for mapping six tree species, standing dead trees, and canopy gaps was tested in a subtropical montane forest at an elevation of 816~1165 m in eastern China. Spectral, spatial geometrical, and textural features in a specific phenological period when obvious color differences among the leaves of different species were extracted, and four object-based classification algorithms (K-nearest neighbor (KNN), classification and regression tree (CART), support vector machine (SVM), and random forest (RF)) were used for tree species classification. We found that: (1) mapping tree species distribution using low-cost UAV RGB imagery in a specific leaf phenological period has great application potential in subtropical montane forests with complex terrain. (2) Plant spectral features in the leaf senescence period contributed significantly to species classification, while the contribution of textural features was limited. The highest classification accuracy was 83% using KNN with the combination of spectral and spatial geometrical features. (3) Topographical complexity had a significant impact on mapping species distribution. The classification accuracy was generally higher in steep areas, especially in the low slope area.
Seeing Trees from Drones: The Role of Leaf Phenology Transition in Mapping Species Distribution in Species-Rich Montane Forests
Meichen Jiang (Autor:in) / Jiaxin Kong (Autor:in) / Zhaochen Zhang (Autor:in) / Jianbo Hu (Autor:in) / Yuchu Qin (Autor:in) / Kankan Shang (Autor:in) / Mingshui Zhao (Autor:in) / Jian Zhang (Autor:in)
2023
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
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