Estimating forest uniformity in Eucalyptus spp. and Pinus taeda L. stands using field measurements and structure from motion point clouds generated from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data collection
| Autor: | Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Ângela Maria Klein Hentz, Carine Klauberg, Sylvio Péllico Netto, Carlos A. Silva, Michael P. Strager |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Watershed 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Point cloud Soil Science photogrammetry 01 natural sciences remote sensing forest inventory lcsh:Forestry Digital elevation model Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing Forest inventory Forestry Regression analysis Tree (graph theory) Eucalyptus digital terrain model tree detection Photogrammetry Environmental science lcsh:SD1-669.5 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Forest Systems, Vol 27, Iss 2, Pp e005-e005 (2018) Forest Systems; Vol 27, No 2 (2018); e005 Forest Systems Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) |
| ISSN: | 2171-9845 |
| Popis: | Aim of study: In this study we applied 3D point clouds generated by images obtained from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to evaluate the uniformity of young forest stands. Area of study: Two commercial forest stands were selected, with two plots each. The forest species studied were Eucalyptus spp. and Pinus taeda L. and the trees had an age of 1.5 years. Material and methods: The individual trees were detected based on watershed segmentation and local maxima, using the spectral values stored in the point cloud. After the tree detection, the heights were calculated using two approaches, in the first one using the Digital Surface Model (DSM) and a Digital Terrain Model, and in the second using only the DSM. We used the UAV-derived heights to estimate an uniformity index. Main results: The trees were detected with a maximum 6% of error. However, the height was underestimated in all cases, in an average of 1 and 0.7 m for Pinus and Eucalyptus stands. We proposed to use the models built herein to estimate tree height, but the regression models did not explain the variably within the data satisfactorily. Therefore, the uniformity index calculated using the direct UAV-height values presented results close to the field inventory, reaching better results when using the second height approach (error ranging 2.8-7.8%). Research highlights: The uniformity index using the UAV-derived height from the proposed methods was close to the values obtained in field. We noted the potential for using UAV imagery in forest monitoring. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|