Environmental monitoring plays a central role in diagnosing climate and management
impacts on natural and agricultural systems; enhancing the understanding of hydrological …

Park managers call for cost-effective and innovative solutions to handle a wide variety of
environmental problems that threaten biodiversity in protected areas. Recently, drones have …

Invasive plant species can pose major threats to biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and
services. Satellite based remote sensing has evolved as an important technology to spatially …

The application of drones has recently revolutionised the mapping of wetlands due to their
high spatial resolution and the flexibility in capturing images. In this study, the drone imagery …

Abstract Aims Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ie drones, have recently emerged as cost-
effective and flexible tools for acquiring remote sensing data with fine spatial and temporal …

Riparian vegetation is a central component of the hydrosystem. As such, it is often subject to
management practices that aim to influence its ecological, hydraulic or hydrological …

Timely and accurate estimation of soil moisture content (SMC) is essential for precise
irrigation management at the farm scale. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing …

Timely and accurate information on tree species (TS) is crucial for developing strategies for
sustainable management and conservation of artificial and natural forests. Over the last four …

High-resolution drone aerial surveys combined with object-based image analysis are
transforming our capacity to monitor and manage aquatic vegetation in an era of invasive …

Background The identification and enumeration of medicinal plants at high elevations is an
important part of accurate yield calculations. However, the current assessment of medicinal …