کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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8867757 | 1621785 | 2018 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Locating emergent trees in a tropical rainforest using data from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
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کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه
علوم زمین و سیارات
کامپیوتر در علوم زمین
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چکیده انگلیسی
Emergent trees, which are taller than surrounding trees with exposed crowns, provide crucial services to several rainforest species especially to endangered primates such as gibbons and siamangs (Hylobatidae). Hylobatids show a preference for emergent trees as sleeping sites and for vocal displays, however, they are under threat from both habitat modifications and the impacts of climate change. Traditional plot-based ground surveys have limitations in detecting and mapping emergent trees across a landscape, especially in dense tropical forests. In this study, a method is developed to detect emergent trees in a tropical rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia, using a photogrammetric point cloud derived from RGB images collected using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). If a treetop, identified as a local maximum in a Digital Surface Model generated from the point cloud, was higher than the surrounding treetops (Trees_EM), and its crown was exposed above its neighbours (Trees_SL; assessed using slope and circularity measures), it was identified as an emergent tree, which might therefore be selected preferentially as a sleeping tree by hylobatids. A total of 54 out of 63 trees were classified as emergent by the developed algorithm and in the field. The algorithm is based on relative height rather than canopy height (due to a lack of terrain data in photogrammetric point clouds in a rainforest environment), which makes it equally applicable to photogrammetric and airborne laser scanning point cloud data.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation - Volume 72, October 2018, Pages 86-90
Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation - Volume 72, October 2018, Pages 86-90
نویسندگان
Cici Alexander, Amanda H. Korstjens, Emma Hankinson, Graham Usher, Nathan Harrison, Matthew G. Nowak, Abdullah Abdullah, Serge A. Wich, Ross A. Hill,