Sentinel 2 images enable reliable prediction of fine-scale habitat dynamics of narrow endemic plant species in serpentine soils
| Autor: | Sara Ponce-Fontenla, Adrián Regos, Miguel Ángel Serrano, Roi Carballal |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Botánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Hydrology
Fine-scale habitat mapping and modelling Santolina melidensis Ecology Scale (ratio) Serpentine hotspot Management Monitoring Policy and Law Leucanthemum gallaecicum Habitat Model-based endemic plant monitoring Armeria merinoi Remotely sensed ecosystem functioning attributes (RS-EFAs) Soil water Plant species Environmental science Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela instname |
| Popis: | Aims: Serpentine soils are rare globally, covering 0.9, sensitivity> 90 and specificity> 84), even for projections beyond the range of data used for calibration (AUC > 0.8, sensitivity> 77 and specificity> 81). Overall, the suitable habitat areas predicted by the modelswere similar for all three species (Schoener’s D metric > 0.7). The annual mean and coefficient of variation of the Normalized Difference of Water Index provided a good representation of the hydromorphic soils with serpentine clay minerals and charac -terized by the formation of temporary pools during winter months. The annual mean and coefficient of variation of the Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index were also important predictors owing to their capacity to capture the serpentine habitat condi-tions, characterized by open vegetation and highly exposed soil.Conclusions: These findings confirm the potential of ecosystem functioning descrip-tors derived from spectral Sentinel 2 indices as a cost- effective means of character-izing the ecological niche of endemic plant species in serpentine habitats and as a promising tool to support their conservation and monitoring The authors acknowledge the collaboration of the Dirección Xeral de Patrimonio Natural, Xunta de Galicia, for providing some of the Armeria merinoi occurrence data used. The Santolina melidensis and Leucanthemum gallaecicum field surveys were funded by Acciona Construcción in the framework of a recovery plan for the populations of these species affected by construction of the A-54 motorway. MS, RC and AR received financial support from the Xunta de Galicia (ED431B 2018/36). AR was funded by the Xunta de Galicia (ED481B2016/084-0) SI |
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