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- Title
Systematic review and best practices for drone remote sensing of invasive plants.
- Authors
Singh, Kunwar K.; Surasinghe, Thilina D.; Frazier, Amy E.
- Abstract
Drones have emerged as a cost‐effective solution to detect and map plant invasions, offering researchers and land managers flexibility in flight design, sensors and data collection schedules. A systematic review of trends in drone‐based image collection, data processing and analytical approaches is needed to advance the science of invasive species monitoring and management and improve scalability and replicability.We systematically reviewed studies using drones for plant invasion research to identify knowledge gaps, best practices and a path toward advancing the science of invasive plant monitoring and management. We devised a database of 33 standardized reporting parameters, coded each study to those parameters, calculated descriptive statistics and synthesized how these technologies are being implemented and used.Trends show a general increase in studies since 2009 with a bias toward temperate regions in North America and Europe. Most studies have focused on testing the validity of a machine learning or deep learning image classification technique with fewer studies focused on monitoring or modelling spread. Very few studies used drones for assessing ecosystem dynamics and impacts such as determining environmental drivers or tracking re‐emergence after disturbance. Overall, we noted a lack of standardized reporting on field survey design, flight design, drone systems, image processing and analyses, which hinders replicability and scalability of approaches. Based on these findings, we develop a standard framework for drone applications in invasive species monitoring to foster cross‐study comparability and reproducibility.We suggest several areas for advancing the use of drones in invasive plant studies including (1) utilizing standardized reporting frameworks to facilitate scientific research practices, (2) integrating drone data with satellite imagery to scale up relationships over larger areas, (3) using drones as an alternative to in‐person ground surveys and (4) leveraging drones to assess community trait shifts tied to plant fitness and reproduction.
- Subjects
NORTH America; INVASIVE plants; REMOTE sensing; IMAGE recognition (Computer vision); PLANT invasions; BEST practices; KNOWLEDGE gap theory; FLIGHT simulators; CARDIOVASCULAR fitness
- Publication
Methods in Ecology & Evolution, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 6, p998
- ISSN
2041-210X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/2041-210X.14330