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Mapping emergent coral reefs: a comparison of pixel‐ and object‐based methods 绘制新出现的珊瑚礁:基于像素和对象的方法比较
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.401
Amy Stone, Sharyn Hickey, Ben Radford, Mary Wakeford
Although emergent coral reefs represent a significant proportion of overall reef habitat, they are often excluded from monitoring projects due to their shallow and exposed setting that makes them challenging to access. Using drones to survey emergent reefs overcomes issues around access to this habitat type; however, methods for deriving robust monitoring metrics, such as coral cover, are not well developed for drone imagery. To address this knowledge gap, we compare the effectiveness of two remote sensing methods in quantifying broad substrate groups, such as coral cover, on a lagoon bommie, namely a pixel‐based (PB) model versus an object‐based (OB) model. For the OB model, two segmentation methods were considered: an optimized mean shift segmentation and the fully automated Segment Anything Model (SAM). Mean shift segmentation was assessed as the preferred method and applied in the final OB model (SAM exhibited poor identification of coral patches on the bommie). While good cross‐validation accuracies were achieved for both models, the PB had generally higher overall accuracy (mean accuracy PB = 75%, OB = 70%) and kappa (mean kappa PB = 0.69, OB = 0.63), making it the preferred method for monitoring coral cover. Both models were limited by the low contrast between Coral features and the bommie substrate in the drone imagery, causing indistinct segment boundaries in the OB model that increased misclassification. For both models, the inclusion of a drone‐derived digital surface model and multiscale derivatives was critical to predicting coral habitat. Our success in creating emergent reef habitat models with high accuracy demonstrates the niche role drones could play in monitoring these habitat types, which are particularly vulnerable to rising sea surface and air temperatures, as well as sea level rise which is predicted to outpace reef vertical accretion rates.
虽然新生珊瑚礁在整个珊瑚礁栖息地中占很大比例,但由于其位置较浅且暴露在外,难以进入,因此常常被排除在监测项目之外。使用无人机勘测突起珊瑚礁克服了进入这种生境类型的问题;但是,无人机图像得出珊瑚覆盖率等可靠监测指标的方法并不完善。为了填补这一知识空白,我们比较了两种遥感方法(即基于像素(PB)的模型和基于对象(OB)的模型)在量化泻湖礁石上珊瑚覆盖率等广泛基质群方面的效果。对于 OB 模型,考虑了两种分割方法:优化的均值偏移分割法和全自动的 "任意分割模型"(SAM)。平均移位分割法被认为是首选方法,并被应用于最终的 OB 模型中(SAM 对 Bommie 上珊瑚斑块的识别能力较差)。虽然两个模型都达到了良好的交叉验证精度,但 PB 的总体精度(平均精度 PB = 75%,OB = 70%)和卡帕值(平均卡帕值 PB = 0.69,OB = 0.63)普遍较高,因此成为监测珊瑚覆盖率的首选方法。两种模型都受到了无人机图像中珊瑚特征与鲂鱼底质之间对比度低的限制,导致 OB 模型中的区段边界不清晰,从而增加了误分类。对于这两个模型来说,包含无人机数字表面模型和多尺度衍生物对于预测珊瑚栖息地至关重要。我们成功创建了高精度的新兴珊瑚礁栖息地模型,这表明无人机在监测这些栖息地类型方面可以发挥利基作用,因为这些栖息地特别容易受到海面和气温上升以及海平面上升的影响,而海平面上升的速度预计将超过珊瑚礁垂直增生的速度。
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Uncovering mangrove range limits using very high resolution satellite imagery to detect fine‐scale mangrove and saltmarsh habitats in dynamic coastal ecotones 利用甚高分辨率卫星图像探测动态沿海生态带中红树林和盐沼生境的精细尺度,揭示红树林的范围极限
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.394
Cheryl L. Doughty, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, Samantha Chapman, Lola Fatoyinbo
Mangroves are important ecosystems for coastal biodiversity, resilience and carbon dynamics that are being threatened globally by human pressures and the impacts of climate change. Yet, at several geographic range limits in tropical–temperate transition zones, mangrove ecosystems are expanding poleward in response to changing macroclimatic drivers. Mangroves near range limits often grow to smaller statures and form dynamic, patchy distributions with other coastal habitats, which are difficult to map using moderate‐resolution (30‐m) satellite imagery. As a result, many of these mangrove areas are missing in global distribution maps. To better map small, scrub mangroves, we tested Landsat (30‐m) and Sentinel (10‐m) against very high resolution (VHR) Planet (3‐m) and WorldView (1.8‐m) imagery and assessed the accuracy of machine learning classification approaches in discerning current (2022) mangrove and saltmarsh from other coastal habitats in a rapidly changing ecotone along the east coast of Florida, USA. Our aim is to (1) quantify the mappable differences in landscape composition and complexity, class dominance and spatial properties of mangrove and saltmarsh patches due to image resolution; and (2) to resolve mapping uncertainties in the region. We found that the ability of Landsat to map mangrove distributions at the leading range edge was hampered by the size and extent of mangrove stands being too small for detection (50% accuracy). WorldView was the most successful in discerning mangroves from other wetland habitats (84% accuracy), closely followed by Planet (82%) and Sentinel (81%). With WorldView, we detected 800 ha of mangroves within the Florida range‐limit study area, 35% more mangroves than were detected with Planet, 114% more than Sentinel and 537% more than Landsat. Higher‐resolution imagery helped reveal additional variability in landscape metrics quantifying diversity, spatial configuration and connectedness among mangrove and saltmarsh habitats at the landscape, class and patch scales. Overall, VHR satellite imagery improved our ability to map mangroves at range limits and can help supplement moderate‐resolution global distributions and outdated regional maps.
红树林是沿海生物多样性、恢复力和碳动态的重要生态系统,在全球范围内正受到人类压力和气候变化的威胁。然而,在热带-温带过渡带的几个地理范围极限,红树林生态系统正随着宏观气候驱动因素的变化向极地扩展。靠近分布范围极限的红树林通常生长得较小,并与其他沿海栖息地形成动态的斑块分布,这很难用中等分辨率(30 米)的卫星图像进行测绘。因此,全球分布图中缺少许多这样的红树林区域。为了更好地绘制小型灌丛红树林地图,我们将 Landsat(30 米)和 Sentinel(10 米)与甚高分辨率(VHR)Planet(3 米)和 WorldView(1.8 米)图像进行了对比测试,并评估了机器学习分类方法在美国佛罗里达州东海岸快速变化的生态区中将当前(2022 年)红树林和盐沼与其他沿海生境区分开来的准确性。我们的目标是:(1) 量化红树林和盐沼斑块的景观组成和复杂性、类别优势和空间属性因图像分辨率而产生的可测绘差异;(2) 解决该地区测绘的不确定性。我们发现,由于红树林的面积和范围太小,无法进行探测(准确率为 50%),因此大地遥感卫星绘制红树林分布图的能力受到了影响。WorldView 在区分红树林和其他湿地生境方面最为成功(准确率 84%),紧随其后的是 Planet(82%)和 Sentinel(81%)。利用 WorldView,我们在佛罗里达州范围限制研究区域内发现了 800 公顷的红树林,比利用 Planet 发现的红树林多 35%,比 Sentinel 多 114%,比 Landsat 多 537%。更高分辨率的图像有助于揭示景观指标的更多变化,这些指标量化了红树林和盐沼栖息地在景观、等级和斑块尺度上的多样性、空间配置和连接性。总体而言,VHR 卫星图像提高了我们绘制红树林分布范围界限图的能力,有助于补充中等分辨率的全球分布图和过时的区域图。
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Walruses from space: walrus counts in simultaneous remotely piloted aircraft system versus very high‐resolution satellite imagery 来自太空的海象:同步遥控飞机系统与超高分辨率卫星图像中的海象数量对比
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.391
Hannah C. Cubaynes, Jaume Forcada, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Rod Downie, Peter T. Fretwell
Regular counts of walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) across their pan‐Arctic range are necessary to determine accurate population trends and in turn understand how current rapid changes in their habitat, such as sea ice loss, are impacting them. However, surveying a region as vast and remote as the Arctic with vessels or aircraft is a formidable logistical challenge, limiting the frequency and spatial coverage of field surveys. An alternative methodology involving very high‐resolution (VHR) satellite imagery has proven to be a useful tool to detect walruses, but the feasibility of accurately counting individuals has not been addressed. Here, we compare walrus counts obtained from a VHR WorldView‐3 satellite image, with a simultaneous ground count obtained using a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS). We estimated the accuracy of the walrus counts depending on (1) the spatial resolution of the VHR satellite imagery, providing the same WorldView‐3 image to assessors at three different spatial resolutions (i.e., 50, 30 and 15 cm per pixel) and (2) the level of expertise of the assessors (experts vs. a mixed level of experience – representative of citizen scientists). This latter aspect of the study is important to the efficiency and outcomes of the global assessment programme because there are citizen science campaigns inviting the public to count walruses in VHR satellite imagery. There were 73 walruses in our RPAS ‘control’ image. Our results show that walruses were under‐counted in VHR satellite imagery at all spatial resolutions and across all levels of assessor expertise. Counts from the VHR satellite imagery with 30 cm spatial resolution were the most accurate and least variable across levels of expertise. This was a successful first attempt at validating VHR counts with near‐simultaneous, in situ, data but further assessments are required for walrus aggregations with different densities and configurations, on different substrates.
有必要对海象(Odobenus rosmarus)在泛北极地区的分布进行定期计数,以确定准确的种群趋势,进而了解当前海象栖息地的快速变化(如海冰消失)对海象的影响。然而,用船只或飞机对像北极这样广袤而偏远的地区进行调查是一项艰巨的后勤挑战,限制了实地调查的频率和空间覆盖范围。使用超高分辨率 (VHR) 卫星图像的替代方法已被证明是探测海象的有用工具,但准确计数海象个体的可行性尚未得到解决。在这里,我们比较了通过 VHR WorldView-3 卫星图像获得的海象计数和使用遥控飞机系统 (RPAS) 同步获得的地面计数。我们估计了海象计数的准确性,这取决于:(1) VHR 卫星图像的空间分辨率,以三种不同的空间分辨率(即每像素 50、30 和 15 厘米)向评估者提供相同的 WorldView-3 图像;(2) 评估者的专业知识水平(专家与混合经验水平--代表公民科学家)。后一方面的研究对全球评估计划的效率和成果非常重要,因为有公民科学活动邀请公众在 VHR 卫星图像中计数海象。我们的 RPAS "对照 "图像中有 73 只海象。我们的结果表明,在所有空间分辨率和所有评估者专业水平下,海象在 VHR 卫星图像中的计数都偏低。空间分辨率为 30 厘米的 VHR 卫星图像中的海象数量最为准确,而且不同专业水平的海象数量差异最小。这是用近乎同步的现场数据验证 VHR 计数的首次成功尝试,但还需要对不同密度和结构、不同底质的海象聚集地进行进一步评估。
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Robust retrieval of forest canopy structural attributes using multi‐platform airborne LiDAR 利用多平台机载激光雷达鲁棒检索林冠结构属性
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.398
Beibei Zhang, Fabian J. Fischer, Suzanne M. Prober, Paul B. Yeoh, Carl R. Gosper, Katherine Zdunic, Tommaso Jucker
LiDAR data acquired from airplanes and helicopters – known as airborne laser scanning (ALS) – are widely regarded as the gold standard for characterizing the 3D structure of forests at scale. But in the last decade, advances in unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies have led to a rapid rise in the use of UAV laser scanning (ULS) for mapping forest structure. As both ALS and ULS data become increasingly available, they are being used to derive an ever‐growing number of metrics designed to measure different facets of canopy structure. However, which metrics can be robustly retrieved from both ALS and ULS platforms remains unclear. To address this question, we acquired coincident, high‐density ALS and ULS scans covering 115 plots (4‐ha in size) in an open‐canopy temperate ecosystem in Western Australia. Using this unique dataset, we quantified 32 canopy structural metrics related to canopy height, openness and heterogeneity, including metrics calculated directly from the point clouds and ones measured from derived canopy height models (CHM). Overall, we found that ALS and ULS‐derived metrics were strongly correlated (r2 = 0.90). However, this high degree of correlation masked considerable systematic differences between platforms. Specifically, point cloud metrics were less strongly (r2 = 0.87) correlated and had higher bias (10.7%) compared to CHM‐derived ones (r2 = 0.98; bias = 2.5%). Similarly, metrics of canopy openness and heterogeneity were less strongly correlated (r2 = 0.84 and 0.87) and exhibited greater bias (14.4 and 7.9%) than ones relating to canopy height (r2 = 0.96; bias = 3.8%). Our results indicate that only a small subset of the 32 metrics we tested were directly comparable between ALS and ULS platforms. Consequently, future efforts to combine laser scanning data across platforms and instruments should think carefully about which metrics are most appropriate, especially when working with point cloud data.
从飞机和直升机上获取的激光雷达数据--即机载激光扫描(ALS)--被广泛认为是描述森林三维结构的黄金标准。但在过去的十年中,无人飞行器(UAV)技术的进步使用于绘制森林结构图的无人飞行器激光扫描(ULS)技术迅速崛起。随着 ALS 和 ULS 数据越来越多地可用,它们被用来推导出越来越多的指标,这些指标旨在测量冠层结构的不同方面。然而,哪些指标可以同时从 ALS 和 ULS 平台上稳健地检索到仍不清楚。为了解决这个问题,我们在西澳大利亚的一个开阔树冠温带生态系统中获取了重合、高密度的 ALS 和 ULS 扫描,覆盖了 115 个地块(面积为 4 公顷)。利用这一独特的数据集,我们量化了与冠层高度、开阔度和异质性有关的 32 个冠层结构指标,包括直接从点云计算得出的指标和从衍生冠层高度模型(CHM)测量得出的指标。总体而言,我们发现 ALS 和 ULS 得出的指标具有很强的相关性(r2 = 0.90)。然而,这种高度相关性掩盖了不同平台之间存在的相当大的系统性差异。具体而言,点云指标的相关性较弱(r2 = 0.87),与 CHM 衍生指标(r2 = 0.98;偏差 = 2.5%)相比,偏差更高(10.7%)。同样,与冠层高度相关指标(r2 = 0.96;偏差 = 3.8%)相比,冠层开阔度和异质性指标的相关性较弱(r2 = 0.84 和 0.87),偏差较大(14.4 和 7.9%)。我们的结果表明,在我们测试的 32 项指标中,只有一小部分在 ALS 和 ULS 平台之间具有直接可比性。因此,未来在跨平台和仪器组合激光扫描数据时,应仔细考虑哪些指标是最合适的,尤其是在处理点云数据时。
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Estimating beluga whale abundance from space: using drones to ground‐validate VHR satellite imagery 从太空估算白鲸数量:使用无人机对 VHR 卫星图像进行地面验证
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-05-08 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.396
Jordan B. Stewart, Justine M. Hudson, Bryanna A. H. Sherbo, Cortney A. Watt
Routine monitoring of cetaceans is imperative for understanding their population trends and making informed management decisions. However, the inherent nature of cetaceans and the marine ecosystems they inhabit make annual population surveys logistically and economically challenging with current survey methods. One emerging solution is utilizing very high‐resolution (VHR) satellite imagery, which is a logistically efficient method for providing an instantaneous view of areas spanning hundreds of square kilometers. The objective of this study was to determine two factors required to reliably conduct beluga whale population abundance estimates with VHR satellite imagery: (1) depths that beluga whales are visible in VHR satellite images, which are used to define availability bias correction factors, and (2) a comparison of abundance estimates in VHR satellite imagery to current aerial methods. We submerged beluga whale models to different depths in two different water clarities and determined that beluga whales are distinguished only at the surface in turbid water (Secchi depth: 2.56 m) and at depths of 0–2 m in clear water (Secchi depth: 4.04 m). Based on the proportion of time beluga whales spend at these depths, an availability bias correction factor for Western Hudson Bay beluga whales was defined as 2.40 ± 0.16 for turbid water and 1.89 ± 0.05 for clear water. Synchronous ground‐validation surveys determined availability corrected beluga whale abundance estimates in 0.31 m VHR satellite imagery (n = 173 beluga whales) and imagery that was HD sharpened using a proprietary algorithm to approximate 0.15 m resolution (n = 170) to be comparable to drone imagery (n = 164). VHR satellite imagery has the potential to increase the frequency of beluga whale population surveys, which has become increasingly important as beluga whales face rapid ecosystem changes and increased anthropogenic disturbances.
要了解鲸目动物的种群趋势并做出明智的管理决策,必须对其进行常规监测。然而,由于鲸目动物的固有特性及其栖息的海洋生态系统,采用目前的调查方法进行年度种群调查在后勤和经济上都具有挑战性。一种新出现的解决方案是利用甚高分辨率(VHR)卫星图像,这是一种在后勤上高效的方法,可提供跨越数百平方千米区域的即时视图。本研究的目的是确定利用 VHR 卫星图像可靠地进行白鲸种群丰度估计所需的两个因素:(1)VHR 卫星图像中白鲸可见的深度,用于定义可用性偏差校正因子;(2)VHR 卫星图像中的丰度估计与当前航空方法的比较。我们在两种不同透明度的水中将白鲸模型浸没到不同深度,并确定白鲸仅在浑浊水域(Secchi 深度:2.56 米)的水面和清澈水域(Secchi 深度:4.04 米)的 0-2 米深处才能被分辨出来。根据白鲸在这些深度停留的时间比例,西哈德逊湾白鲸的可用性偏差校正因子被定义为:浑浊水域为 2.40 ± 0.16,清澈水域为 1.89 ± 0.05。同步地面验证调查确定了 0.31 米 VHR 卫星图像(n = 173 头白鲸)和使用专有算法进行高清锐化以接近 0.15 米分辨率的图像(n = 170)中可用性校正后的白鲸丰度估计值,以便与无人机图像(n = 164)相媲美。VHR 卫星图像有可能增加白鲸种群调查的频率,随着白鲸面临生态系统的快速变化和人为干扰的增加,这一点变得越来越重要。
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Using multiscale lidar to determine variation in canopy structure from African forest elephant trails 利用多尺度激光雷达确定非洲森林大象足迹的树冠结构变化
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-05-08 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.395
Jenna M. Keany, Patrick Burns, Andrew J. Abraham, Patrick Jantz, Loic Makaga, Sassan Saatchi, Fiona Maisels, Katharine Abernethy, Christopher E. Doughty
Recently classified as a unique species by the IUCN, African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) are critically endangered due to severe poaching. With limited knowledge about their ecological role due to the dense tropical forests they inhabit in central Africa, it is unclear how the Afrotropics are influenced by elephants. Although their role as seed dispersers is well known, they may also drive large‐scale processes that determine forest structure through the creation of elephant trails and browsing the understory, allowing larger, carbon‐dense trees to succeed. Multiple scales of lidar were collected by NASA in Lopé National Park, Gabon from 2015 to 2022. Utilizing two airborne lidar datasets in an African forest elephant stronghold, detailed canopy structural information was used in conjunction with elephant trail data to determine how forest structure varies on and off trails. Forest along elephant trails displayed different structural characteristics than forested areas off trails, with lower canopy height, canopy cover, and different vertical distribution of plant density. Less plant area density was found on trails at 1 m in height, while more vegetation was found at 12 m, compared to off trail locations. Trails in forest areas with previous logging history had lower plant area in the top of the canopy. Forest elephants can be considered as “logging light” ecosystem engineers, affecting canopy structure through browsing and movement. Both airborne lidar scales were able to capture elephant impact along trails, with the high‐resolution discrete return lidar performing higher than waveform lidar.
非洲森林象(Loxodonta cyclotis)最近被世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)列为一种独特的物种,由于偷猎现象严重,非洲森林象已濒临灭绝。由于大象栖息在非洲中部茂密的热带森林中,人们对它们的生态作用了解有限,因此尚不清楚非洲热带地区如何受到大象的影响。虽然大象作为种子传播者的作用众所周知,但它们还可能通过开辟象道和啃食林下植物来推动决定森林结构的大规模进程,从而使碳密度更大的树木得以成功生长。从2015年到2022年,NASA在加蓬洛佩国家公园收集了多种尺度的激光雷达。利用非洲森林大象据点的两个机载激光雷达数据集,结合大象足迹数据使用了详细的树冠结构信息,以确定足迹上和足迹外的森林结构如何变化。大象踪迹沿线的森林显示出与踪迹外森林区域不同的结构特征,树冠高度和树冠覆盖率较低,植物密度的垂直分布也不同。与小径以外的地点相比,小径上 1 米高处的植物密度较低,而 12 米高处的植被较多。在有伐木历史的林区的小径上,树冠顶部的植物面积较低。森林大象可被视为 "伐木之光 "生态系统工程师,通过啃食和移动影响树冠结构。两种机载激光雷达尺度都能捕捉到大象对小径的影响,其中高分辨率离散回波激光雷达的性能高于波形激光雷达。
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Annual extent of prescribed burning on moorland in Great Britain and overlap with ecosystem services 英国荒原上每年规定的焚烧范围以及与生态系统服务的重叠情况
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-29 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.389
Mike P. Shewring, Nicholas I. Wilkinson, Emma L. Teuten, Graeme M. Buchanan, Patrick Thompson, David J. T. Douglas
In the UK uplands, prescribed burning of unenclosed heath, grass and blanket bog (‘moorland’) is used to support game shooting and grazing. Burning on moorland is contentious due to its impact on peat soils, hydrology and habitat condition. There is little information on spatial and temporal patterns of burning, the overlap with soil carbon and sensitive habitats and, importantly, whether these patterns are changing. This information is required to assess the sustainability of burning and the effectiveness of new legislation. We developed a method for semi‐automated detection of burning using satellite imagery – our best performing model has a balanced accuracy of 84.9%. We identified annual burn areas in Great Britain in five burning seasons from 2017/18 to 2021/22 of 8333 to 20 974 ha (average 15 250 ha year−1). Annual extent in England in 2021/22 was 73% lower than the average of the four previous seasons. Burning was identified over carbon‐rich soils (mean 5150 ha or 34% by area of all burning annually) and on steep slopes – 915 ha across the five seasons (1.3%), contravening guidance. Burning (>1 ha) was recorded in 14% of UK protected areas (PAs) and, within these, the percentage area of moorland burned varied from 2 to 31%. In England in some years, the percentage area of moorland burned inside PAs was higher than outside, while this was not the case in Scotland. Burning in sensitive alpine habitats totalled 158 ha across the five seasons. The reduction in burned area in England in 2021/22 could relate to England‐specific legislation, introduced in May 2021, to prohibit burning on deep peat in PAs. This suggests that regulation can be effective. However, the continued overlap with sensitive features suggests that burning falls short of sustainable practices. Our method will enable repeatable re‐assessment of burning extents and overlap with ecosystem services.
在英国高地,对未封闭的石楠、草地和毯状沼泽("沼泽地")进行规定的焚烧是为了支持野味射击和放牧。由于沼泽地焚烧对泥炭土、水文和栖息地条件的影响,因此备受争议。有关焚烧的空间和时间模式、与土壤碳和敏感栖息地的重叠,以及重要的是,这些模式是否正在发生变化的信息很少。评估燃烧的可持续性和新立法的有效性需要这些信息。我们开发了一种利用卫星图像对燃烧进行半自动检测的方法--我们的最佳模型的平衡准确率为 84.9%。我们确定了大不列颠在 2017/18 年至 2021/22 年五个焚烧季节的年度焚烧面积为 8333 至 20974 公顷(平均每年 15250 公顷)。英格兰 2021/22 年的年焚烧面积比前四个季节的平均值低 73%。在富碳土壤(平均 5150 公顷,占每年焚烧面积的 34%)和陡坡上发现了焚烧现象--五季中焚烧面积为 915 公顷(1.3%),违反了指导原则。英国 14% 的保护区都有焚烧(1 公顷)的记录,在这些保护区内,焚烧的荒原面积百分比从 2% 到 31% 不等。在英格兰的某些年份,保护区内被烧毁的荒野面积百分比高于保护区外,而苏格兰的情况并非如此。在敏感的高山栖息地,五个季节的焚烧面积共计 158 公顷。英格兰 2021/22 年的焚烧面积减少可能与英格兰于 2021 年 5 月推出的禁止在保护区内的深泥炭上焚烧的特定立法有关。这表明监管是有效的。然而,与敏感地貌的持续重叠表明,焚烧并不符合可持续的做法。我们的方法可对燃烧范围以及与生态系统服务的重叠情况进行可重复的重新评估。
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Unoccupied aerial vehicles as a tool to map lizard operative temperature in tropical environments 将无人飞行器作为绘制热带环境中蜥蜴活动温度图的工具
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-26 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.393
Emma A. Higgins, Doreen S. Boyd, Tom W. Brown, Sarah C. Owen, Geertje M. F. van der Heijden, Adam C. Algar
To understand how ectotherms will respond to warming temperatures, we require information on thermal habitat quality at spatial resolutions and extents relevant to the organism. Measuring thermal habitat quality is either limited to small spatial extents, such as with ground‐based 3D operative temperature (Te) replicas, representing the temperature of the animal at equilibrium with its environment, or is based on microclimate derived from physical models that use land cover variables and downscale coarse climate data. We draw on aspects of both these approaches and test the ability of unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) data (optical RGB) to predict fine‐scale heterogeneity in sub‐canopy lizard (Anolis bicaorum) Te in tropical forest using random forest models. Anolis bicaorum is an endemic, critically endangered, species, facing significant threats of habitat loss and degradation, and work was conducted as part of a larger project. Our findings indicate that a model incorporating solely air temperature, measured at the centre of the 20 × 20 m plot, and ground‐based leaf area index (LAI) measurements, measured at directly above the 3D replica, predicted Te well. However, a model with air temperature and UAV‐derived canopy metrics performed slightly better with the added advantage of enabling the mapping of Te with continuous spatial extent at high spatial resolutions, across the whole of the UAV orthomosaic, allowing us to capture and map Te across the whole of the survey plot, rather than purely at 3D replica locations. Our work provides a feasible workflow to map sub‐canopy lizard Te in tropical environments at spatial scales relevant to the organism, and across continuous areas. This can be applied to other species and can represent species within the same community that have evolved a similar thermal niche. Such methods will be imperative in risk modelling of such species to anthropogenic land cover and climate change.
要了解外温动物如何应对气温变暖,我们需要获得与生物体相关的空间分辨率和范围内的热栖息地质量信息。测量热栖息地质量要么局限于较小的空间范围,如使用地面三维工作温度(Te)复制品,代表动物与其环境平衡时的温度;要么基于使用土地覆盖变量和降尺度粗气候数据的物理模型得出的小气候。我们借鉴了这两种方法的各个方面,并利用随机森林模型测试了无人飞行器(UAV)数据(光学 RGB)预测热带森林亚冠蜥蜴(Anolis bicaorum)Te 的细尺度异质性的能力。Anolis bicaorum 是一种特有的极度濒危物种,面临栖息地丧失和退化的严重威胁。我们的研究结果表明,仅包含在 20 × 20 米地块中心测量的气温和在三维复制品正上方测量的地面叶面积指数(LAI)的模型就能很好地预测 Te。然而,包含气温和无人机树冠指标的模型表现略好,其额外优势是能够以高空间分辨率绘制整个无人机正射影像图的连续空间范围的 Te 图,使我们能够捕捉和绘制整个调查地块的 Te 图,而不仅仅是三维复制品位置的 Te 图。我们的工作提供了一个可行的工作流程,可以在热带环境中以与生物体相关的空间尺度绘制亚冠蜥Te图,并绘制整个连续区域的Te图。这可以应用于其他物种,并代表同一群落中进化出类似热生态位的物种。这种方法对于建立此类物种对人为土地覆盖和气候变化的风险模型至关重要。
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Mapping artificial drains in peatlands—A national‐scale assessment of Irish raised bogs using sub‐meter aerial imagery and deep learning methods 绘制泥炭地人工排水沟图--利用亚米级航空图像和深度学习方法对爱尔兰隆起沼泽进行国家级评估
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-23 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.387
Wahaj Habib, Rémi Cresson, Kevin McGuinness, John Connolly
Peatlands, constituting over half of terrestrial wetland ecosystems across the globe, hold critical ecological significance and are large stores of carbon (C). Irish oceanic raised bogs are a rare peatland ecosystem offering numerous ecosystem services, including C storage, biodiversity support and water regulation. However, they have been degraded over the centuries due to artificial drainage, followed by peat extraction, afforestation and agriculture. This has an overall negative impact on the functioning of peatlands, shifting them from a moderate C sink to a large C source. Recognizing the importance of these ecosystems, efforts are underway for conservation (rewetting and rehabilitation), while accurately accounting for C stock and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the implementation of these efforts requires accurate identification and mapping of artificial drainage ditches. This study utilized very high‐resolution (25 cm) aerial imagery, and a deep learning (U‐Net) approach to map the visible artificial drainage (unobstructed by vegetation or infill) in raised bogs at a national scale. The results show that artificial drainage is widespread, with ~20 000 km of drains mapped. The overall accuracy of the model was 80% on an independent testing dataset. The data were also used to derive the Fracditch which was 0.03 (fraction of artificial drainage on industrial peat extraction sites). This is lower than IPCC Tier 1 Fracditch and can aid in IPCC Tier 2 reporting for Ireland. This is the first study to map drains with diverse sizes and patterns on Irish‐raised bogs using optical aerial imagery and deep learning methods. The map will serve as an important baseline dataset for evaluating the artificial drainage ditch conditions. It will prove useful for sustainable management, conservation and refined estimations of GHG emissions. The model's capacity for generalization implies its potential in mapping artificial drains in peatlands at a regional and global scale, thereby enhancing the comprehension of the global effects of artificial drainage ditches on peatlands.
泥炭地占全球陆地湿地生态系统的一半以上,具有重要的生态意义,是大量的碳(C)储存地。爱尔兰海洋性隆起沼泽是一种罕见的泥炭地生态系统,可提供多种生态系统服务,包括碳储存、生物多样性支持和水调节。然而,几个世纪以来,由于人工排水、泥炭开采、植树造林和农业,它们已经退化。这对泥炭地的功能产生了全面的负面影响,使其从适度的碳汇转变为大量的碳源。由于认识到这些生态系统的重要性,人们正在努力进行保护(复湿和恢复),同时准确计算碳储量和温室气体(GHG)排放量。然而,这些工作的实施需要对人工排水沟进行准确的识别和绘图。本研究利用高分辨率(25 厘米)航空图像和深度学习(U-Net)方法,绘制了全国范围内隆起沼泽中可见的人工排水沟(未被植被或填充物阻挡)。结果表明,人工排水系统非常普遍,绘制的排水系统总长约 2 万公里。在一个独立的测试数据集上,该模型的总体准确率为 80%。这些数据还被用于推导弗拉克迪奇指数(Fracditch),该指数为 0.03(工业泥炭开采地人工排水的比例)。这比 IPCC 第 1 级的 Fracditch 要低,有助于爱尔兰的 IPCC 第 2 级报告。这是首次使用航空光学图像和深度学习方法绘制爱尔兰沼泽地上不同规模和模式的排水沟的研究。该地图将成为评估人工排水沟状况的重要基准数据集。它将被证明有助于可持续管理、保护和温室气体排放的精细估算。该模型的泛化能力意味着它具有在区域和全球范围内绘制泥炭地人工排水沟地图的潜力,从而增强对人工排水沟对泥炭地全球影响的理解。
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Using spatiotemporal information in weather radar data to detect and track communal roosts 利用气象雷达数据中的时空信息探测和追踪群落巢穴
IF 5.5 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1002/rse2.388
Gustavo Perez, Wenlong Zhao, Zezhou Cheng, Maria Carolina T. D. Belotti, Yuting Deng, Victoria F. Simons, Elske Tielens, Jeffrey F. Kelly, Kyle G. Horton, Subhransu Maji, Daniel Sheldon
The exodus of flying animals from their roosting locations is often visible as expanding ring‐shaped patterns in weather radar data. The NEXRAD network, for example, archives more than 25 years of data across 143 contiguous US radar stations, providing opportunities to study roosting locations and times and the ecosystems of birds and bats. However, access to this information is limited by the cost of manually annotating millions of radar scans. We develop and deploy an AI‐assisted system to annotate roosts in radar data. We build datasets with roost annotations to support the training and evaluation of automated detection models. Roosts are detected, tracked, and incorporated into our developed web‐based interface for human screening to produce research‐grade annotations. We deploy the system to collect swallow and martin roost information from 12 radar stations around the Great Lakes spanning 21 years. After verifying the practical value of the system, we propose to improve the detector by incorporating both spatial and temporal channels from volumetric radar scans. The deployment on Great Lakes radar scans allows accelerated annotation of 15 628 roost signatures in 612 786 radar scans with 183.6 human screening hours, or 1.08 s per radar scan. We estimate that the deployed system reduces human annotation time by ~7×. The temporal detector model improves the average precision at intersection‐over‐union threshold 0.5 (APIoU = .50) by 8% over the previous model (48%→56%), further reducing human screening time by 2.3× in its pilot deployment. These data contain critical information about phenology and population trends of swallows and martins, aerial insectivore species experiencing acute declines, and have enabled novel research. We present error analyses, lay the groundwork for continent‐scale historical investigation about these species, and provide a starting point for automating the detection of other family‐specific phenomena in radar data, such as bat roosts and mayfly hatches.
在天气雷达数据中,飞行动物离开栖息地的过程通常表现为不断扩大的环形图案。例如,NEXRAD 网络存档了美国 143 个毗连雷达站超过 25 年的数据,为研究鸟类和蝙蝠的栖息地点和时间以及生态系统提供了机会。然而,人工标注数百万次雷达扫描的成本限制了对这些信息的获取。我们开发并部署了一个人工智能辅助系统来注释雷达数据中的栖息地。我们建立了包含栖息地注释的数据集,以支持自动检测模型的训练和评估。对栖息地进行检测、跟踪,并将其纳入我们开发的基于网络的界面,供人工筛选,以生成研究级注释。我们部署了该系统,从五大湖周围的 12 个雷达站收集燕子和马汀的栖息地信息,时间跨度长达 21 年。在验证了该系统的实用价值后,我们建议通过纳入体积雷达扫描的空间和时间通道来改进探测器。通过在五大湖雷达扫描上的部署,可以在 612 786 次雷达扫描中加速标注 15 628 个栖息地特征,人工筛选时间为 183.6 小时,即每次雷达扫描 1.08 秒。我们估计,部署的系统可将人工标注时间减少约 7 倍。时空检测器模型在交叉-重叠阈值 0.5(APIoU = .50)时的平均精度比以前的模型(48%→56%)提高了 8%,在试点部署中进一步减少了 2.3 倍的人工筛选时间。这些数据包含了有关燕子和燕貂(正在经历严重衰退的空中食虫物种)的物候学和种群趋势的重要信息,有助于开展新的研究。我们介绍了误差分析,为有关这些物种的大陆范围历史调查奠定了基础,并为自动检测雷达数据中的其他家族特有现象(如蝙蝠栖息地和蜉蝣孵化)提供了起点。
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