{"id":5867,"date":"2023-11-22T17:03:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:03:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:03:40","slug":"estimation-of-aboveground-biomass-and-carbon-stocks-of-quercus-ilex-l-saplings-using-uav-derived-rgb-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2023\/11\/22\/estimation-of-aboveground-biomass-and-carbon-stocks-of-quercus-ilex-l-saplings-using-uav-derived-rgb-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks of Quercus ilex L. saplings using UAV-derived RGB imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Juan-Ovejero-R-2023.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5871 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Juan-Ovejero-R-2023-275x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Juan-Ovejero-R-2023-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Juan-Ovejero-R-2023-768x838.png 768w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Juan-Ovejero-R-2023-640x698.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Juan-Ovejero-R-2023.png 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>Key message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Crown area, sapling height, and biovolume extracted from UAV-acquired RGB images provided accurate estimates of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in a 5-year-old holm oak (<em>Quercus ilex<\/em> L.) plantation. Our models regressing UAV-derived sapling variables against ground-based measurements exhibited high R2 values (0.78\u20130.89), thereby reflecting that RGB data can be used as an effective tool for measuring young individuals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br \/>\nAllometric equations; Carbon sequestration; Early-stage tree plantations; RGB; imagery; Sapling biomass; UAV-derived sapling variables<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-023-01210-x'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><br \/>\nJuan-Ovejero, R., Elghouat, A., Navarro, C.J. et al. Estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks of <em>Quercus ilex<\/em> L. saplings using UAV-derived RGB imagery. Annals of Forest Science 80, 44 (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-023-01210-x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-023-01210-x<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share this article<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/drLsf\">https:\/\/rdcu.be\/drLsf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data and\/or Code availability<\/strong><br \/>\nThe datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available in the Medeley Data repository (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.mendeley.com\/datasets\/nxnsrsnnnw\/1\">https:\/\/data.mendeley.com\/datasets\/nxnsrsnnnw\/1<\/a>). Juan-Ovejero, Raquel; Elghouat, Akram; Navarro, Carlos J.; Reyes-Mart\u00edn, Marino P.; Jim\u00e9nez, M. Noelia; Navarro Reyes, Francisco; Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo; and Castro, Jorge (2023), \u201cEstimation of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks of tree saplings using UAV-derived RGB imagery &#8211; DATASET,\u201d Mendeley Data, V1, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17632\/nxnsrsnnnw.1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17632\/nxnsrsnnnw.1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling Editor<\/strong><br \/>\nJohn M. Lhotka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key message Crown area, sapling height, and biovolume extracted from UAV-acquired RGB images provided accurate estimates of aboveground biomass and carbon stocks in a 5-year-old holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) plantation. Our models regressing UAV-derived sapling variables against ground-based measurements exhibited high R2 values (0.78\u20130.89), thereby reflecting that RGB data can be used as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,110,109,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-type","category-data-in-repository","category-open-access","category-research-paper","cat-14-id","cat-110-id","cat-109-id","cat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5872,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions\/5872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}