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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Assessing Changes in Grassland Species Distribution at the Landscape Scale Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing.

Obumneke Ohiaeri, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, Haydee Laza

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Obumneke OhiaeriDepartment of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2122, USA.
Carlos Portillo-QuinteroDepartment of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2122, USA.
Haydee LazaDepartment of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2122, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2658-0480

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advancement of hyperspectral remote sensing technology has enhanced the ability to assess and characterize land cover in complex ecosystems. In this study, a linear spectral unmixing algorithm was applied to NEON hyperspectral imagery in 2018 and 2022 to quantify the fractional abundance of dominant land cover classes, namely herbaceous vegetation, mixed forbs, and bare soil, across the Marvin Klemme Experimental Rangeland in Oklahoma. UAV imagery acquired during the 2023 field campaign provided high resolution reference data for model training. The LSU results revealed a decline in herbaceous cover from 16.02 ha to 11.56 ha and an expansion of bare soil from 3.37 ha to 6.39 ha, while mixed forb cover remained relatively stable (12.38 ha to 13.82 ha). Accuracy assessment using the UAV-derived validation points yielded overall accuracy of 84% and 60% at fractional thresholds of 50% and 75%, respectively. Although statistical tests indicated no significant change in mean fractional abundance (

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Environmental MonitoringGrasslandHyperspectral ImagingRemote Sensing TechnologyAlgorithmsEcosystemOklahomaSoilSoilfractional abundance mapslinear spectral unmixingmachine learningNational Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)remote sensingvegetation composition

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PMID41305027
PMCPMC12656567

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