Comparative assessment of satellite- and drone-based vegetation indices to predict arthropod biomass in shrub-steppes.

ABSTRACT: Arthropod biomass is a key element in ecosystem functionality and a basic food item for many species. It must be estimated through traditional costly field sampling, normally at just a few sampling points. Arthropod biomass and plant productivity should be narrowly related because a large majority of arthropods are herbivorous, and others depend on these. Quantifying plant productivity with satellite or aerial vehicle imagery is an easy and fast procedure already tested and implemented in agriculture and field ecology. However, the capability of satellite or aerial vehicle imagery for quantifying arthropod biomass and its relationship with plant productivity has been scarcely addressed. Here, we used unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and satellite Sentinel-2 (S2) imagery to establish a relatio

SUBMITTER: Traba J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078389 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature