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Tree species classification in a typical natural secondary forest using UAV-borne LiDAR and hyperspectral data / Ying Quan in GIScience and remote sensing, vol 60 n° 1 (2023)  

Public [article]  inGIScience and remote sensing > vol 60 n° 1 (2023) . - n° 2171706 Titre : Tree species classification in a typical natural secondary forest using UAV-borne LiDAR and hyperspectral data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ying Quan, Auteur ; Mingze Li, Auteur ; Yuanshuo Hao, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 2171706 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] Chine [Termes IGN] classification par forêts d'arbres décisionnels [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] espèce végétale [Termes IGN] extraction de traits caractéristiques [Termes IGN] forêt secondaire [Termes IGN] image captée par drone [Termes IGN] image hyperspectrale [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface de la canopée [Termes IGN] semis de points Résumé : (auteur) Recent growth in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have promoted the detailed mapping of individual tree species. However, the in-depth mining and comprehending of the significance of features derived from high-resolution UAV data for tree species discrimination remains a difficult task. In this study, a state-of-the-art approach combining UAV-borne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and hyperspectral was used to classify 11 common tree species in a typical natural secondary forest in Northeast China. First, comprehensive relevant structural and spectral features were extracted. Then, the most valuable feature sets were selected by using a hybrid approach combining correlation-based feature selection with the optimized recursive feature elimination algorithm. The random forest algorithm was used to assess feature importance and perform the classification. Finally, the robustness of features derived from point clouds with different structures and hyperspectral images with different spatial resolutions was tested. Our results showed that the best classification accuracy was obtained by combining LiDAR and hyperspectral data (75.7%) compared to that based on LiDAR (60.0%) and hyperspectral (64.8%) data alone. The mean intensity of single returns and the visible atmospherically resistant index for red-edge band were the most influential LiDAR and hyperspectral derived features, respectively. The selected features were robust in point clouds with a density not lower than 5% (~5 pts/m2) and a resolution not lower than 0.3 m in hyperspectral data. Although canopy surface features were slightly different from original LiDAR features, canopy surface information was also important for tree species classification. This study proved the capabilities of UAV-borne LiDAR and hyperspectral data in natural secondary forest tree species discrimination and the potential for this approach to be transferable to other study areas. Numéro de notice : A2023-194 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/15481603.2023.2171706 Date de publication en ligne : 03/02/2023 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2023.2171706 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=103075 [article]

Climate change-induced background tree mortality is exacerbated towards the warm limits of the species ranges / Adrien Taccoen in Annals of Forest Science, vol 79 n° 1 (2022)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 79 n° 1 (2022) . - n° 23 Titre : Climate change-induced background tree mortality is exacerbated towards the warm limits of the species ranges Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Adrien Taccoen, Auteur ; Christian Piedallu, Auteur ; Ingrid Seynave, Auteur ; Anne Gégout-Petit, Auteur ; Jean-Claude Gégout, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 23 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] arbre mort [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] espèce végétale [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier national (données France) [Termes IGN] mortalité [Termes IGN] stress hydrique [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) Key message : An influence of the recent changes in temperature or rainfall was demonstrated, increasing background tree mortality rates for 2/3 of the 12 studied tree species. Climate change-induced tree mortality was exacerbated towards the warm or dry limits of the species ranges, suggesting in these areas a progressive replacement by more xeric species. Context : Despite the identification of climate change effects on tree mortality in various biomes, the characterization of species-specific areas of vulnerability remains poorly understood. Aims : We sought to assess if the effects of temperature and rainfall changes on background tree mortality rates, which did not result from abrupt disturbances, were linked to climate change intensity only, or if they also depended on the tree’s location along climatic gradients. Methods : We modelled background mortality for 12 of the most common European tree species using 265,056 trees including 4384 dead trees from the French national forest inventory. To explain mortality, we considered variables linked to tree characteristics, stand attributes, logging intensity and site environmental characteristics, and climate change effects. Results : We found an influence of temperature and rainfall changes on 9 species out of 12. For 8 of them, climate change-induced tree mortality was exacerbated towards the warm or dry limits of the species ranges. Conclusion : These results highlight that tree mortality varies according to the climate change intensity and the tree location along temperature and rainfall gradients. They strengthen the poleward and upward shifts of trees forecasted from climate envelope models for a large number of European tree species. Numéro de notice : A2022-440 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1186/s13595-022-01142-y Date de publication en ligne : 30/05/2022 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13595-022-01142-y Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100773 [article]

Discriminating pure Tamarix species and their putative hybrids using field spectrometer / Solomon G. Tesfamichael in Geocarto international, vol 37 n° 25 ([01/12/2022])  

Public [article]  inGeocarto international > vol 37 n° 25 [01/12/2022] . - pp 7733 - 7752 Titre : Discriminating pure Tamarix species and their putative hybrids using field spectrometer Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Solomon G. Tesfamichael, Auteur ; Solomon W. Newete, Auteur ; Elhadi Adam, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 7733 - 7752 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image optique [Termes IGN] Afrique du sud (état) [Termes IGN] apprentissage automatique [Termes IGN] canopée [Termes IGN] classification par séparateurs à vaste marge [Termes IGN] espèce exotique envahissante [Termes IGN] essence indigène [Termes IGN] Extreme Gradient Machine [Termes IGN] feuille (végétation) [Termes IGN] image Landsat-8 [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-MSI [Termes IGN] image SPOT 6 [Termes IGN] image Worldview [Termes IGN] spectroradiomètre [Termes IGN] Tamarix (genre) Résumé : (auteur) South Africa is home to a native Tamarix species, while two were introduced in the early 1900s to mitigate the effects of mining on soil. The introduced species have spread to other ecosystems resulting in ecological deteriorations. The problem is compounded by hybridization of the species making identification between the native and exotic species difficult. This study investigated the potential of remote sensing in identifying native, non-native and hybrid Tamarix species recorded in South Africa. Leaf- and canopy-level classifications of the species were conducted using field spectroradiometer data that provided two inputs: original hyperspectral data and bands simulated according to Landsat-8, Sentinel-2, SPOT-6 and WorldView-3. The original hyperspectral data yielded high accuracies for leaf- and plot-level discriminations (>90%), while promising accuracies were also obtained using Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 and Worldview-3 simulations (>75%). These findings encourage for investigating the performance of actual space-borne multispectral data in classifying the species. Numéro de notice : A2022-928 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/10106049.2021.1983033 Date de publication en ligne : 27/09/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1983033 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102661 [article]

Transfer learning from citizen science photographs enables plant species identification in UAV imagery / Salim Soltani in ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol 5 (August 2022)  

Public [article]  inISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing > vol 5 (August 2022) . - n° 100016 Titre : Transfer learning from citizen science photographs enables plant species identification in UAV imagery Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Salim Soltani, Auteur ; Hannes Feilhauer, Auteur ; Robbert Duker, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 100016 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image optique [Termes IGN] apprentissage profond [Termes IGN] base de données naturalistes [Termes IGN] classification par réseau neuronal convolutif [Termes IGN] distribution spatiale [Termes IGN] données localisées des bénévoles [Termes IGN] espèce végétale [Termes IGN] filtrage de la végétation [Termes IGN] identification de plantes [Termes IGN] image captée par drone [Termes IGN] orthoimage couleur [Termes IGN] science citoyenne [Termes IGN] segmentation sémantique Résumé : (auteur) Accurate information on the spatial distribution of plant species and communities is in high demand for various fields of application, such as nature conservation, forestry, and agriculture. A series of studies has shown that Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) accurately predict plant species and communities in high-resolution remote sensing data, in particular with data at the centimeter scale acquired with Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAV). However, such tasks often require ample training data, which is commonly generated in the field via geocoded in-situ observations or labeling remote sensing data through visual interpretation. Both approaches are laborious and can present a critical bottleneck for CNN applications. An alternative source of training data is given by using knowledge on the appearance of plants in the form of plant photographs from citizen science projects such as the iNaturalist database. Such crowd-sourced plant photographs typically exhibit very different perspectives and great heterogeneity in various aspects, yet the sheer volume of data could reveal great potential for application to bird’s eye views from remote sensing platforms. Here, we explore the potential of transfer learning from such a crowd-sourced data treasure to the remote sensing context. Therefore, we investigate firstly, if we can use crowd-sourced plant photographs for CNN training and subsequent mapping of plant species in high-resolution remote sensing imagery. Secondly, we test if the predictive performance can be increased by a priori selecting photographs that share a more similar perspective to the remote sensing data. We used two case studies to test our proposed approach with multiple RGB orthoimages acquired from UAV with the target plant species Fallopia japonica and Portulacaria afra respectively. Our results demonstrate that CNN models trained with heterogeneous, crowd-sourced plant photographs can indeed predict the target species in UAV orthoimages with surprising accuracy. Filtering the crowd-sourced photographs used for training by acquisition properties increased the predictive performance. This study demonstrates that citizen science data can effectively anticipate a common bottleneck for vegetation assessments and provides an example on how we can effectively harness the ever-increasing availability of crowd-sourced and big data for remote sensing applications. Numéro de notice : A2022-488 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.ophoto.2022.100016 Date de publication en ligne : 23/05/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophoto.2022.100016 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100956 [article]

Combination of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data for tree species classification in a Central European biosphere reserve / Michael Lechner in Remote sensing, vol 14 n° 11 (June-1 2022)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing > vol 14 n° 11 (June-1 2022) . - n° 2687 Titre : Combination of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data for tree species classification in a Central European biosphere reserve Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Michael Lechner, Auteur ; Alena Dostalova, Auteur ; Markus Hollaus, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 2687 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image mixte [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] analyse harmonique [Termes IGN] Autriche [Termes IGN] biosphère [Termes IGN] classification par forêts d'arbres décisionnels [Termes IGN] espèce végétale [Termes IGN] feuillu [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-MSI [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-SAR [Termes IGN] nébulosité [Termes IGN] phénologie [Termes IGN] Pinophyta [Termes IGN] rapport signal sur bruit [Termes IGN] réserve forestière Résumé : (auteur) Microwave and optical imaging methods react differently to different land surface parameters and, thus, provide highly complementary information. However, the contribution of individual features from these two domains of the electromagnetic spectrum for tree species classification is still unclear. For large-scale forest assessments, it is moreover important to better understand the domain-specific limitations of the two sensor families, such as the impact of cloudiness and low signal-to-noise-ratio, respectively. In this study, seven deciduous and five coniferous tree species of the Austrian Biosphere Reserve Wienerwald (105,000 ha) were classified using Breiman’s random forest classifier, labeled with help of forest enterprise data. In nine test cases, variations of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery were passed to the classifier to evaluate their respective contributions. By solely using a high number of Sentinel-2 scenes well spread over the growing season, an overall accuracy of 83.2% was achieved. With ample Sentinel-2 scenes available, the additional use of Sentinel-1 data improved the results by 0.5 percentage points. This changed when only a single Sentinel-2 scene was supposedly available. In this case, the full set of Sentinel-1-derived features increased the overall accuracy on average by 4.7 percentage points. The same level of accuracy could be obtained using three Sentinel-2 scenes spread over the vegetation period. On the other hand, the sole use of Sentinel-1 including phenological indicators and additional features derived from the time series did not yield satisfactory overall classification accuracies (55.7%), as only coniferous species were well separated. Numéro de notice : A2022-540 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/rs14112687 Date de publication en ligne : 03/06/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14112687 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101103 [article]

Coupling fossil records and traditional discrimination metrics to test how genetic information improves species distribution models of the European beech Fagus sylvatica / Pedro Poli in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 141 n° 2 (April 2022)  

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Cartographie et caractérisation des lieux d'intérêt de cervidés en milieu forestier / Laurence Jolivet in Cartes & Géomatique, n° 247-248 (mars-juin 2022)

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Pourquoi la forêt française a besoin d’un traitement de fond / Guillaume Decocq in The Conversation France, vol 2022 ([10/02/2022])  

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Use of remotely sensed data to estimate tree species diversity as an indicator of biodiversity in Blouberg Nature Reserve, South Africa / Mangana Rampheri in Geocarto international, vol 37 n° 2 ([15/01/2022])  

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Application of deep learning with stratified K-fold for vegetation species discrimation in a protected mountainous region using Sentinel-2 image / Efosa Gbenga Adagbasa in Geocarto international, vol 37 n° 1 ([01/01/2022])  

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Mapping temperate forest tree species using dense Sentinel-2 time series / Jan Hemmerling in Remote sensing of environment, vol 267 (December-15 2021)  

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Production potential, biodiversity and soil properties of forest reclamations: Opportunities or risk of introduced coniferous tree species under climate change? / Zdeněk Vacek in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 140 n° 5 (October 2021)  

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Classification of tree species in a heterogeneous urban environment using object-based ensemble analysis and World View-2 satellite imagery / Simbarashe Jombo in Applied geomatics, vol 13 n° 3 (September 2021)  

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Multi-task fully convolutional network for tree species mapping in dense forests using small training hyperspectral data / Laura Elena Cué La Rosa in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 179 (September 2021)  

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Picea abies and Pseudotsuga menziesii radial growth in relation to climate: case study from South Bohemia / Jan Mondek in Austrian journal of forest science, vol 2021 n° 3 (2021)  

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