Dominant Species-Physiognomy-Ecological (DSPE) System for the Classification of Plant Ecological Communities from Remote Sensing Images
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. DSPE Classification System
2.3. Preparation of Ground Truth Data
2.4. Processing of Satellite Data
2.5. Deep Recurrent Learning
3. Results
3.1. Performance of DSPE Classification
3.2. Performance of DGPE Classification
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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DSPE | Inference | DGPE |
---|---|---|
| Species-Physiognomy | Abies Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Abies Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Abies Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Acer Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Acer Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Alnus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Alnus Dsb |
| Physiognomy-Ecological | Alpine Hb |
| Physiognomy-Ecological | Alpine Sb |
| Physiognomy-Ecological | Bamboo Ebf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Betula Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Betula Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Betula Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy (Multi strata) | Betula Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Camellia Ebf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Carpinus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Castanopsis Ebf |
| Physiognomy-Ecological | Coastal Hb |
| Physiognomy-Ecological | Coastal Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Cryptomeria Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy (Multi strata) | Fagus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Euptelea Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Fagus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Fagus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Fraxinus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Hydrangea Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Juglans Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Larix Dcf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Machilus Ebf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Mallotus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Miscanthus Hb |
| Physiognomy-Ecological | Open-space Hb |
| Species-Physiognomy (Multi strata) | Quercus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Picea Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Pinus Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Pinus Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Pinus Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Pinus Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Populus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Pterocarya Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Quercus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Quercus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Quercus Ebf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Quercus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Quercus Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Rhododendron Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Robinia Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Salix Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Salix Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Sasa Sb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Thuja Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Thujopsis Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Tilia Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Tsuga Ecf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Ulmus Dbf |
| Species-Physiognomy | Weigela Sb |
| Physiognomy-Ecological | Wetland Hb |
| Species-Physiognomy | Zelkova Dbf |
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Sharma, R.C. Dominant Species-Physiognomy-Ecological (DSPE) System for the Classification of Plant Ecological Communities from Remote Sensing Images. Ecologies 2022, 3, 323-335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030025
Sharma RC. Dominant Species-Physiognomy-Ecological (DSPE) System for the Classification of Plant Ecological Communities from Remote Sensing Images. Ecologies. 2022; 3(3):323-335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030025
Chicago/Turabian StyleSharma, Ram C. 2022. "Dominant Species-Physiognomy-Ecological (DSPE) System for the Classification of Plant Ecological Communities from Remote Sensing Images" Ecologies 3, no. 3: 323-335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030025