Context The invasion of annual grasses in western US rangelands promotes high litter accumulation throughout the landscape that perpetuates a grass-fire cycle threatening …
Over the past century, prickly pear (PP) cactus (eg, genus Opuntia; subgenus Platyopuntia) has increased on semi-arid rangelands. Effective detection of cacti abundance and spatial …
L Deng, E Yan, J Jiang, D Mo - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fine fuel load (FFL) is a crucial variable influencing the occurrence of wildfire. Accurate knowledge of the distribution of FFL in mountainous forests is essential for ongoing wildfire …
G Hao, Z Dong, L Hu, Q Ouyang, J Pan, X Liu, G Yang… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biomass can serve as an important indicator for measuring the effectiveness of slope ecological restoration, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing provides …
Both grazing and fine fuels management are dependent on the temporal and spatial distribution of herbaceous biomass production. Rangeland and wildland fire managers can …
Techniques and tools meant to aid fire management activities in the Cerrado, such as accurately determining the fuel load and composition spatially and temporally, are pretty …
Imaging technology is a growing field that provides solutions in many areas from manufacturing to agriculture. Through previous research, imaging technologies have been …