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dc.contributor.authorBradter, Ute
dc.contributor.authorO'Connell, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorKunin, William E.
dc.contributor.authorBoffey, Caroline W.H.
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Richard J.
dc.contributor.authorBenton, Tim G.
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Kingdom, Storbritanniaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-11T13:06:51Z
dc.date.available2020-09-11T13:06:51Z
dc.date.created2020-09-04T16:07:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2677468
dc.description.abstractDetailed maps of vegetation facilitate spatial conservation planning. Such information can be difficult to map from remotely sensed data with the detail (thematic resolution) required for ecological applications. For grass-dominated habitats in the South-East of the UK, it was evaluated which of the following choices improved classification accuracies at various thematic resolutions: 1) Hyperspectral data versus data with a reduced spectral resolution of eight and 13 bands, which were simulated from the hyperspectral data. 2) A vegetation classification system using a detailed description of vegetation (sub)- communities (the British National Vegetation Classification, NVC) versus clustering based on the dominant plant species (Dom-Species). 3) The month of imagery acquisition. Hyperspectral data produced the highest accuracies for vegetation away from edges using the NVC (84–87%). Simulated 13-band data performed also well (83–86% accuracy). Simulated 8-band data performed poorer at finer thematic resolutions (77–78% accuracy), but produced accuracies similar to those from simulated 13-band or hyperspectral data for coarser thematic resolutions (82–86%). Grouping vegetation by NVC (84–87% accuracy for hyperspectral data) usually achieved higher accuracies compared to Dom-Species (81–84% for hyperspectral data). Highest discrimination rates were achieved around the time vegetation was fully developed. The results suggest that using a detailed description of vegetation (sub)-communities instead of one based on the dominating species can result in more accurate mapping. The NVC may reflect differences in site conditions in addition to differences in the composition of dominant species, which may benefit vegetation classification. The results also suggest that using hyperspectral data or the 13-band multispectral data can help to achieve the fine thematic resolutions that are often required in ecological applications. Accurate vegetation maps with a high thematic resolution can benefit a range of applications, such as species and habitat conservation.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectHyperspectralen_US
dc.subjectMappingen_US
dc.subjectMultispectralen_US
dc.subjectNational Vegetation Classification (NVC)en_US
dc.subjectRandom foresten_US
dc.subjectVegetation communityen_US
dc.titleClassifying grass-dominated habitats from remotely sensed data: The influence of spectral resolution, acquisition time and the vegetation classification system on accuracy and thematic resolutionen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder©2019 The Author(s).en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.source.volume711en_US
dc.source.journalScience of the Total Environmenten_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134584
dc.identifier.cristin1827471
dc.relation.projectAndre: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Councilen_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Bertram Charitable Trusten_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Natural Envi Res Council Airborne Research Facil..en_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: NatEnvResCouncilFieldSpectrFacen_US
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