Seeing the forest from drones: Testing the potential of lightweight drones as a tool for long-term forest monitoring

Biological Conservation

Volumn 198, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-69

  Zhang, Jian ^a,b   Hu, Jianbo ^c   Lian, Juyu ^d   Fan, Zongji ^d   Ouyang, Xuejun ^d   Ye, Wanhui ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Drone ecology; Forest canopy; Forest dynamics; Remote sensing; Species coexistence; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SINK; COEXISTENCE; DIFFERENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84963541978     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.027     Document Type: Article

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