Automated image processing for quantitative characterization of grassland vegetation structure: microhabitat selection in threatened meadow and steppe vipers
Abstract:1. Understanding animals’ selection of microhabitats is important in
both ecology and biodiversity conservation. However, there is no
generally accepted methodology for the characterisation of
microhabitats, especially for vegetation structure. 2. Here we present a
method that objectively characterises vegetation structure by using
automated processing of images taken of the vegetation against a
whiteboard under standardised conditions. We developed an R script for
automatic calculation of four vegetation stru… Show more
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