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Convolutional Neural Networks accurately predict cover fractions of plant species and communities in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery / Teja Kattenborn in Remote sensing in ecology and conservation, vol 6 n° 4 (December 2020)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing in ecology and conservation > vol 6 n° 4 (December 2020) . - pp 472 - 486 Titre : Convolutional Neural Networks accurately predict cover fractions of plant species and communities in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Teja Kattenborn, Auteur ; Jana Eichel, Auteur ; Susan Wiser, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 472 - 486 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] carte forestière [Termes IGN] classification par réseau neuronal convolutif [Termes IGN] espèce exotique envahissante [Termes IGN] image à très haute résolution [Termes IGN] image captée par drone [Termes IGN] image RVB Résumé : (auteur) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) greatly extended our possibilities to acquire high resolution remote sensing data for assessing the spatial distribution of species composition and vegetation characteristics. Yet, current pixel- or texture-based mapping approaches do not fully exploit the information content provided by the high spatial resolution. Here, to fully harness this spatial detail, we apply deep learning techniques, that is, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), on regular tiles of UAV-orthoimagery (here 2–5 m) to identify the cover of target plant species and plant communities. The approach was tested with UAV-based orthomosaics and photogrammetric 3D information in three case studies, that is, (1) mapping tree species cover in primary forests, (2) mapping plant invasions by woody species into forests and open land and (3) mapping vegetation succession in a glacier foreland. All three case studies resulted in high predictive accuracies. The accuracy increased with increasing tile size (2–5 m) reflecting the increased spatial context captured by a tile. The inclusion of 3D information derived from the photogrammetric workflow did not significantly improve the models. We conclude that CNN are powerful in harnessing high resolution data acquired from UAV to map vegetation patterns. The study was based on low cost red, green, blue (RGB) sensors making the method accessible to a wide range of users. Combining UAV and CNN will provide tremendous opportunities for ecological applications. Numéro de notice : A2020-852 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1002/rse2.146 Date de publication en ligne : 05/02/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.146 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=98681 [article]