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Estimating canopy and stand structure in hybrid poplar plantations from multispectral UAV imagery
Romano
,
Elio
,
Brambilla
,
Massimo
,
Chianucci
,
Francesco
,
Tattoni
,
Clara
,
Puletti
,
Nicola
,
Chirici
,
Gherardo
,
Travaglini
,
Davide
,
Giannetti
,
Francesca
canopy photography
canopy structure
poplar plantation
texture metrics
digital camera
gclm metrics
unmanned aerial vehicle
Mostra abstract
Accurate estimates of canopy structure like canopy cover (CC), Leaf Area Index (LAI), crown volume (Vcr), as well as tree and stand structure like stem volume (V_st) and basal area (G), are considered essential measures to manage poplar plantations effectively as they are correlated with the growth rate and the detection of possible stress. This research exploits the possibility of developing a precision forestry application using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), terrestrial digital camera and traditional field measurements to monitor poplar plantation variables. We set up the procedure using explanatory variables from the Grey Level Co-occurrence Matrix textural metrics (Entropy, Variance, Dissimilarity and Contrast) calculated based on UAV multispectral imagery. Our results show that the GCLM texture derived by multispectral ortomosaic provides adequate explanatory variables to predict poplar plantation characteristics related to plants' canopy and stand structure. The evaluation of the models targeting the different poplar plantation variables (i.e. Vcr, G_ha, Vst_ha, CC and LAI) with the four GLCM explanatory variables (i.e. Entropy, Variance, Dissimilarity and Contrast) consistently higher or equal resulted to R<sup>2</sup> ≥0.86. © 2024, Editura Silvica. All rights reserved.
The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates
Journé
,
Valentin
,
Bogdziewicz
,
Michał
,
Courbaud
,
Benoít
,
Kunstler
,
Georges
,
Qiu
,
Tong
,
Aravena Acuña
,
Marie Claire
,
Ascoli
,
Davide
,
Bergeron
,
Yves
,
Berveiller
,
Daniel
,
Boivin
,
Thomas
,
Bonal
,
Raúl
,
Caignard
,
Thomas
,
Cailleret
,
Maxime
,
Calama
,
Rafael A.
,
Camarero
,
Jesús Julio
,
Chang-Yang
,
Chia Hao
,
Chave
,
Jérôme
,
Chianucci
,
Francesco
,
Curt
,
Thomas
,
Cutini
,
Andrea
,
Das
,
Adrian J.
,
Daskalakou
,
Evangelia N.
,
Davi
,
Hendrik
,
Delpierre
,
Nicolas
,
Delzon
,
Sylvain
,
Dietze
,
Michael C.
,
Calderon
,
Sergio Donoso
,
Dormont
,
Laurent
,
Espelta
,
Josep Maria
,
Farfan-Rios
,
William R.
,
Fenner
,
Michael
,
Franklin
,
Jerry F.
,
Gehring
,
Catherine A.
,
Gilbert
,
Gregory S.
,
Gratzer
,
Georg
,
Greenberg
,
Cathryn H.
,
Guignabert
,
Arthur
,
Guo
,
Qinfeng
,
Hacket-Pain
,
Andrew J.
,
Hampe
,
Arndt
,
Han
,
Qingmin
,
Hanley
,
Mick E.
,
Hille Ris Lambers
,
Janneke
,
Holik
,
Jan
,
Hoshizaki
,
K.
,
Ibáñez
,
Inés
,
Johnstone
,
Jill F.
,
Knops
,
Johannes Michael Hubertus
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Kobe
,
Richard K.
,
Kurokawa
,
Hiroko
,
Lageard
,
Jonathan G.A.
,
LaMontagne
,
Jalene M.
,
Ledwoń
,
Mateusz
,
Lefèvre
,
François
,
Leininger
,
Theodor D.
,
Limousin
,
Jean Marc
,
Lutz
,
James A.
,
Macias
,
Diana S.
,
Mårell
,
Anders
,
McIntire
,
Eliot J.B.
,
Moran
,
Emily V.
,
Motta
,
Renzo
,
Myers
,
Jonathan A.
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Nagel
,
Thomas A.
,
Naoe
,
Shoji
,
Noguchi
,
Mahoko
,
Norghauer
,
Julian M.
,
Oguro
,
Michio
,
Ourcival
,
Jean Marc
,
Parmenter
,
Robert R.
,
Pearse
,
Ian S.
,
Pérez-Ramos
,
Ignacio M.
,
Piechnik
,
Łukasz
,
Podgórski
,
Tomasz
,
Poulsen
,
John R.
,
Redmond
,
Miranda D.
,
Reid
,
Chantal D.
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Šamonil
,
Pavel
,
Scher
,
C. Lane
,
Schlesinger
,
William H.
,
Seget
,
Barbara
,
Sharma
,
Shubhi
,
Shibata
,
Mitsue
,
Silman
,
Miles R.
,
Steele
,
Michael A.
,
Stephenson
,
Nathan L.
,
Straub
,
Jacob N.
,
Sutton
,
Samantha
,
Swenson
,
Jennifer J.
,
Swift
,
Margaret
,
Thomas
,
Peter A.
,
Uríarte
,
María
,
Vacchiano
,
Giorgio
,
Whipple
,
Amy Vaughn
,
Whitham
,
Thomas G.
,
Wright
,
Stuart Joseph
,
Zhu
,
Kai
,
Zimmerman
,
Jess K.
,
Żywiec
,
Magdalena
,
Clark
,
James S.
Mostra abstract
The fundamental trade-off between current and future reproduction has long been considered to result in a tendency for species that can grow large to begin reproduction at a larger size. Due to the prolonged time required to reach maturity, estimates of tree maturation size remain very rare and we lack a global view on the generality and the shape of this trade-off. Using seed production from five continents, we estimate tree maturation sizes for 486 tree species spanning tropical to boreal climates. Results show that a species' maturation size increases with maximum size, but in a non-proportional way: the largest species begin reproduction at smaller sizes than would be expected if maturation were simply proportional to maximum size. Furthermore, the decrease in relative maturation size is steepest in cold climates. These findings on maturation size drivers are key to accurately represent forests' responses to disturbance and climate change. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.