Unmanned aerial vehicles for biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes-A systematic review

F Librán-Embid, F Klaus, T Tscharntke… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes is of major importance to
meet the sustainable development challenges of our time. The emergence of unmanned …

Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the 'Three North'region of China from 1982 to 2013

Y Zhang, C Peng, W Li, L Tian, Q Zhu, H Chen… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
China has launched multiple afforestation programs since 1978, including the 'Three
North'Shelterbelt Development Program (TNSDP), the Beijing–Tianjin Sand Source Control …

[HTML][HTML] An improved approach to estimate above-ground volume and biomass of desert shrub communities based on UAV RGB images

P Mao, L Qin, M Hao, W Zhao, J Luo, X Qiu, L Xu… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Above-ground biomass (AGB) is an essential indicator for assessing ecosystem health and
carbon storage in desert shrub-related research. Above-ground volume (AGV) of vegetation …

Evaluation of normalized difference water index as a tool for monitoring pasture seasonal and inter-annual variability in a Mediterranean agro-silvo-pastoral system

J Serrano, S Shahidian, J Marques da Silva - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Extensive animal production in Iberian Peninsula is based on pastures, integrated within the
important agro-silvo-pastoral system, named “montado” in Portugal and “dehesa” in Spain …

Multi-factor modeling of above-ground biomass in alpine grassland: A case study in the Three-River Headwaters Region, China

T Liang, S Yang, Q Feng, B Liu, R Zhang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we evaluate various methods for estimating the above-ground biomass (AGB)
of alpine grassland vegetation using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer …

Modeling alpine grassland cover based on MODIS data and support vector machine regression in the headwater region of the Huanghe River, China

J Ge, B Meng, T Liang, Q Feng, J Gao, S Yang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Monitoring changes in grassland cover is essential in assessment of grassland health as
well as the effects of anthropogenic interventions and global climate change on grassland …

Grazing exclusion—An effective approach for naturally restoring degraded grasslands in Northern China

L Wang, Y Gan, M Wiesmeier, G Zhao… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly 90% of the 390 million ha of grasslands in northern China are degraded.'Grazing
exclusion'has been implemented as a nature‐based solution to rejuvenate degraded …

Remote sensing estimates of grassland aboveground biomass based on MODIS net primary productivity (NPP): A case study in the Xilingol grassland of Northern …

F Zhao, B Xu, X Yang, Y Jin, J Li, L Xia, S Chen, H Ma - Remote sensing, 2014 - mdpi.com
The precise and rapid estimation of grassland biomass is an important scientific issue in
grassland ecosystem research. In this study, based on a field survey of 1205 sites together …

[HTML][HTML] A method to avoid spatial overfitting in estimation of grassland above-ground biomass on the Tibetan Plateau

H Yu, Y Wu, L Niu, Y Chai, Q Feng, W Wang… - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate assessments of grassland above-ground biomass (AGB) are crucial for the
sustainable utilization and protection of grassland resources and the eco-environment. In …

Sensing and mapping the effects of cow trampling on the soil compaction of the montado Mediterranean ecosystem

J Serrano, J Marques, S Shahidian, E Carreira… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The economic and environmental sustainability of extensive livestock production systems
requires the optimisation of soil management, pasture production and animal grazing. Soil …