Insect diversity estimation in polarimetric lidar.

ABSTRACT: Identifying flying insects is a significant challenge for biologists. Entomological lidar offers a unique solution, enabling rapid identification and classification in field settings. No other method can match its speed and efficiency in identifying insects in flight. This non-intrusive tool is invaluable for assessing insect biodiversity, informing conservation planning, and evaluating efforts to address declining insect populations. Although the species richness of co-existing insects can reach tens of thousands, current photonic sensors and lidars can differentiate roughly one hundred signal types. While the retrieved number of clusters correlate with Malaise trap diversity estimates, this taxonomic specificity, the number of discernible signal types is currently limited by instrumentat

SUBMITTER: Bernenko D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11530007 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature