RJ24016Augmenting rangeland condition monitoring with drones: potential for carbon farming projects to support widespread ecosystem assessment
Carbon farming projects in the Australian rangelands routinely use remotely piloted aircraft (drones) to validate vegetation maps. This data collection can be leveraged to provide detailed ecological insights into rangeland ecosystems. Combining drone-derived structural information with ground-based botanical surveys, this paper showcases a method for comprehensive vegetation condition assessment at the property scale. This approach has potential to enhance understanding of ecosystem responses to land management changes across large areas of rangelands.
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