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ArticlePloS one2022

Mapping vegetation species succession in a mountainous grassland ecosystem using Landsat, ASTER MI, and Sentinel-2 data.

Efosa Gbenga Adagbasa, Geofrey Mukwada

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Efosa Gbenga AdagbasaDepartment of Geography, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2584-4635
Geofrey MukwadaDepartment of Geography, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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Abstract

Vegetation species succession and composition are significant factors determining the rate of ecosystem biodiversity recovery after being disturbed and subsequently vital for sustainable and effective natural resource management and biodiversity. The succession and composition of grasslands ecosystems worldwide have significantly been affected by accelerated environmental changes due to natural and anthropogenic activities. Therefore, understanding spatial data on the succession of grassland vegetation species and communities through mapping and monitoring is essential to gain knowledge on the ecosystem and other ecosystem services. This study used a random forest machine learning classifier on the Google Earth Engine platform to classify grass vegetation species with Landsat 7 ETM+ and ASTER multispectral imager (MI) data resampled with the current Sentinel-2 MSI data to map and estimate the changes in vegetation species succession. The results indicate that ASTER MI has the least accuracy of 72%, Landsat 7 ETM+ 84%, and Sentinel-2 had the highest of 87%. The result also shows that other species had replaced four dominant grass species totaling about 49 km2 throughout the study.

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BiodiversityGrasslandAltitudeConservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental Restoration and RemediationMachine LearningPlantsSoftware

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PMID35081107
PMCPMC8791488

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