Review of ground and aerial methods for vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities estimation: definitions, advances, challenges, and future …

L Li, X Mu, H Jiang, F Chianucci, R Hu, W Song… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities are basic yet critical vegetation
structure variables in various disciplines and applications. Ground-and aerial-based …

Quantifying woody plant encroachment in grasslands: A review on remote sensing approaches

I Soubry, X Guo - Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Grasslands are an important global ecosystem, providing essential ecological and economic
ecosystem services. Over the last couple decades, as a result of climate change and human …

Woody plant encroachment and the sustainability of priority conservation areas

DT Fogarty, CP Roberts, DR Uden, VM Donovan… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Woody encroachment is a global driver of grassland loss and management to counteract
encroachment represents one of the most expensive conservation practices implemented in …

Eastward shift in Juniperus virginiana distribution range under future climate conditions in the Southern Great Plains, United States

J Yang, R Will, C Zou, L Zhai, A Winrich… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana, redcedar) is a major woody species encroaching
upon the native grasslands and forests of the southern Great Plains (SGP), representing a …

Using UAV imagery to detect and map woody species encroachment in a subalpine grassland: advantages and limits

L Oddi, E Cremonese, L Ascari, G Filippa, M Galvagno… - Remote sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Woody species encroachment on grassland ecosystems is occurring worldwide with both
negative and positive consequences for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services …

Early Detection of Encroaching Woody Juniperus virginiana and Its Classification in Multi-Species Forest Using UAS Imagery and Semantic Segmentation Algorithms

L Wang, Y Zhou, Q Hu, Z Tang, Y Ge, A Smith… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Woody plant encroachment into grasslands ecosystems causes significantly ecological
destruction and economic losses. Effective and efficient management largely benefits from …

Local feature acquisition and global context understanding network for very high-resolution land cover classification

Z Li, J Hu, K Wu, J Miao, Z Zhao, J Wu - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Very high-resolution remote sensing images hold promising applications in ground
observation tasks, paving the way for highly competitive solutions using image processing …

Usable observations over Europe: evaluation of compositing windows for Landsat and Sentinel-2 time series

KE Lewińska, D Frantz, U Leser… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Landsat and Sentinel-2 data archives provide ever-increasing amounts of satellite data.
However, the availability of usable observations greatly varies spatially and temporally. Pixel …

Assessing the benefits of managed golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) nesting habitat for breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the …

EC Keele, DJ McNeil, JE Duchamp, E Bastidas… - Journal of Insect …, 2023 - Springer
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and golden-winged warbler (Vermivora
chrysoptera) are two disturbance-dependent, migratory species that have both suffered from …

The combined impact of redcedar encroachment and climate change on water resources in the Nebraska Sand Hills

Y Kishawi, AR Mittelstet, Z Adane, N Shrestha… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Nebraska Sand Hills (NSH) is considered a major recharge zone for the High Plains
Aquifer in the central United States. The uncontrolled expansion of the eastern redcedar …