Expansive soils change volume due to changes in moisture content, which results in ground movement. Lightweight shallow-depth structures such as pavements, residential footings, and pipelines can suffer distress as they face additional stresses from...
Forest fertilization is commonly used to enhance tree growth and carbon (C) sequestration, especially in nutrient-poor boreal forests. However, it also poses several environmental risks, including shifting ground vegetation community composition and...
Reduced vegetation cover caused by grassland degradation results in the interception of solar illuminance significantly decreasing, then leading to an increase in ground temperature, which has a significant impact on biological growth and regional cl...
The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission employs a micro-pulse photon-counting LiDAR system for mapping and monitoring the biomass and carbon of terrestrial ecosystems over large areas. In preparation for ICESat-2 data process...
A ground-based network of spectral observations is useful for ecosystem monitoring and validation of satellite data. However, these observations contain inherent uncertainties due to the change of sunlight conditions. This study investigated the impa...
Various sensors have been used to obtain the canopy spectral reflectance for monitoring above-ground plant nitrogen (N) uptake in winter wheat. Comparison and intercalibration of spectral reflectance and vegetation indices derived from different sens...
In olive groves, vegetation ground cover (VGC) plays an important ecological role. The EU Common Agricultural Policy, through cross-compliance, acknowledges the importance of this factor, but, to determine the real impact of VGC, it must first be qua...
This study evaluates the skills of two types of drone-based point clouds, derived from LiDAR and photogrammetric techniques, in estimating ground elevation, vegetation height, and vegetation density on a highly vegetated salt marsh. The proposed form...
The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is widely used for monitoring vegetation status, as accurate and reliable NDVI time series are crucial for understanding the relationship between environmental conditions, vegetation health, and produ...
Remote sensing data comprise a valuable information source for many ecological landscape studies that may be under-utilized because of an overwhelming amount of processing methods and derived variables. These complexities, combined with a scarcity of...
This study investigated the impact of forest fertilization on ground vegetation in deciduous and conifer stands across different forest site types (forests with drained mineral soils, forests with drained organic soils, and dry upland forests), stand...
Semantic segmentation and deep learning methods have rarely been applied to fractional vegetation cover (FVC) segmentation tasks due to the lack of publicly available datasets for training deep learning models. FVC is a key indicator for assessing ve...
Canopy chlorophyll content (CCC) is a key indicator for assessing the carbon sequestration capacity and material cycling efficiency of ecosystems, and its accurate retrieval holds significant importance for analyzing ecosystem functioning. Although n...
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is a sensitive indicator of shallow-water condition, but operational mapping has relied on multispectral, red-edge, or near-infrared sensing, leaving low-cost consumer RGB drones largely unused for the task. We pres...
Vegetables are an important element in people’s dietary structure, and the price fluctuation of vegetables has attracted more and more attention. The disturbance sources of vegetable price fluctuations are characterized by uncertain risks, envi...
Aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important indicator to evaluate crop growth, which is closely related to yield and plays an important role in guiding fine agricultural management. Compared with traditional AGB measurements, unmanned aerial vehicle (U...
In this study, a 4UM-120D electric leafy vegetable harvester was employed as the research object. An automatic control system was created to maintain the cutter’s height above the ground within ±2% of the desired value. The intention was...
The ecological functioning of dryland ecosystems is closely related to the spatial pattern of the vegetation, which is typically structured in patches. Ground arthropods mediate key soil functions and ecological processes, yet little is known about t...
An important application of airborne- and satellite-based hyperspectral imaging is the mapping of the spatial distribution of vegetation biophysical and biochemical parameters in an environment. Statistical models, such as Gaussian processes, have be...
Ground deformation is one of the most common geological disasters arising in underground mining areas, and mining-induced environmental impacts have resulted in numerous concerns, especially the impacts on the surface vegetation. The evaluation of mi...
The paper deals with the impact of the technological break duration during the cold storage cycle on the energy demand of the cold store for vegetables and fruit and the temperature distribution in the ground under the cold store. The studied facilit...
Retention forestry creates anthropogenic ecotones that diversify forest landscapes in terms of age and biomass. Such diversification can have ambiguous ecological impacts, raising uncertainties, particularly for black alder swamp woodlands, which are...
Ground cover management in vineyards in Spain is focused on minimizing soil erosion and compaction. Such practices have influenced the weed community structure in the inter-rows, contributing to the spread of the high noxious weed Cynodon dactylon (L...
Remote sensing has become a valuable tool in monitoring arctic environments. The aim of this paper is ground-based hyperspectral characterization of Low Arctic Alaskan tundra communities along four environmental gradients (regional climate, soil pH,...
Vegetation phenology serves as a crucial indicator reflecting vegetation responses to the growth environment and climate change. Existing studies have demonstrated that in permafrost regions, the impact of frozen soil changes on vegetation phenology...
Forest plantations, which have a simplified structure and composition, are becoming more frequent, raising concerns regarding their contribution to biological diversity in highly managed landscapes. The biological value of a stand has been related to...
Utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) is the largest and fastest-growing sector of the solar energy market, and plays an important role in ensuring that state and local jurisdictions can meet renewable energy targets. Potential adverse environmental...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are emerging and promising platforms for carrying different types of cameras for remote sensing. The application of multispectral vegetation indices for ground cover classification has been widely adopted and has prove...
Background: Rodents severely damage the ecological environment of grasslands, and rodent mounds of different ages require distinct management strategies. Understanding the age of these mounds aids in formulating targeted restoration measures, which c...
The impact of intensive forestry on various components of ecosystems has become the main subject of public and scientific debate in many regions in recent years. Forest ground vegetation is considered one of the most consistent and biodiversity-rich...
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Ground subsidence is the main cause of vegetation degradation in mining areas. It is of great significance to study the effects of ground subsidence on vegetation. At present, few studies have analyzed the effects of ground subsidence on vegetation f...
Long-term vegetation monitoring efforts have become increasingly important for understanding ecosystem response to global change. Many traditional methods for monitoring can be infrequent and limited in scope. Ground-based LiDAR is one remote sensing...
Intensifying forest management and a reduction in the rotation period necessitates the development of intensive biodiversity conservation strategies, such as the triad concept, which aims at ensuring habitat connectivity. Such an approach depends on...
Old-growth longleaf pine savannas are characterized by diverse ground-layer plant communities comprised of graminoids, forbs, and woody plants. These communities co-exist with variable-aged patches containing similar-aged trees of longleaf pine (Pinu...
The productivity of wheat in the Mediterranean region is under threat due to climate-change-related environmental factors, including fungal diseases that can negatively impact wheat yield and quality. Wheat phenotyping tools utilizing affordable, hig...
The advancement of technology associated with the field, especially the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) coupled with multispectral cameras, allows us to monitor the condition of crops in real time and contribute to the field of machine learning...
The land demands of ground-mounted PV systems raise concerns about competition with agriculture, particularly in regions with limited productive farmland. Agrivoltaics, which integrates solar energy generation with agricultural use, offers a potentia...
When employing remote sensing images, it is challenging to classify vegetation species and ground objects due to the abundance of wetland vegetation species and the high fragmentation of ground objects. Remote sensing images are classified primarily...
We examine the impact of changes in ozone (O3), particulate matter (PM2.5), temperature, and humidity on the health of vegetation in dense urban environments, using a very high-resolution, ground-based Visible and Near-Infrared (VNIR, 0.4–1.0 &...
Permafrost is an important carbon pool for terrestrial ecosystems and a significant source of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but the effects of ground vegetation and snow cover on permafrost greenhouse gas fluxes are still unclear. The soil–atmo...
Reliable monitoring of leaf phenology across environmental gradients is essential for understanding ecosystem functioning and climate responses, yet existing approaches in African savannas are constrained by either sparse ground-based observations or...
As part of the EnMAP preparation activities this study aims at estimating the uncertainty in the EnMAP L2A ground reflectance product using the simulated scene of Barrax, Spain. This dataset is generated using the EnMAP End-to-End Simulation tool, pr...
Horticultural trade is considered the most important pathway for the introduction of non-native plant species. Numerous horticultural plants are spreading from private gardens and public green space into natural habitats and have the potential to alt...
Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) cultivation in Italy is facing constraints related to climate change, causing decreases in production as a consequence of summer droughts and late spring heatwaves. This two-year study (2024–2025, i.e., Y1 and Y2)...
Accurately estimating urban above-ground vegetation carbon density (UAGVCD) is crucial for assessing urban carbon sinks, but it is difficult due to varying spatial patterns, complex land covers, and differences caused by terrain. This study measures...
Maximal light use efficiency (LUE) is an important ecological index of a vegetation essential attribute, and a key parameter of the LUE-based model for estimating large-scale vegetation productivity by remote sensing technology. However, although cur...
Remote sensing offers an effective alternative for estimating mangrove carbon stocks by analyzing the relationship between satellite pixel values and field-based carbon measurements. This research was carried out in the mangrove forests of western Ba...
Vegetation is a key element in the energy, water and carbon balances over the land surfaces and is strongly impacted by climate change and anthropogenic effects. Remotely sensed observations are commonly used for the monitoring of vegetation dynamics...
The aim of this research was to conduct a comparative analysis of the precision of ground geodetic data versus the three-dimensional (3D) measurements from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), while establishing the impact of herbaceous vegetation on the...
Research Highlights: It was found that both tree species and ground vegetation affected soil carbon stock in boreal forests. Carbon stocks in the mineral layers were related negatively to the C/N ratio in the organic horizon and pine proportion in th...
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