Image Analysis to Monitor Experimental Trampling and Vegetation Recovery in Icelandic Plant Communities

Image Analysis to Monitor Experimental Trampling and Vegetation Recovery in Icelandic Plant Communities

With growing tourism in natural areas, monitoring recreational impacts is becoming increasingly important. This paper aims to evaluate how different trampling intensities affect some common Icelandic plant communities by using digital photographs to analyze and quantify vegetation in experimental pl...

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Main Authors: Micael C. Runnström, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Jan Blanke, Bastian Berlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Environments
Subjects:
monitoring
recreational trampling
experimental plots
nature-based tourism
image analysis
green chromatic coordinate (GCC)
Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC)
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/6/9/99

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