Volume 5 (2009): Article 5

Evaluation of digital photography as a tool for field monitoring in potentially inhospitable environments

by J.A. Gilbert and K.R. Butt

Published online: 14.05.2009

Summary

Efficient and accurate vegetation monitoring is essential for successful assessment of upland moorland restoration. Working conditions on open moorland may be difficult, and surveying and monitoring of vegetation problematic. Image capture by digital photography, with subsequent computer analysis, was used to monitor Calluna vulgaris post-wildfire. Problems, for example picture warp, associated with close range photography of quadrats, were overcome. Digital imagery measurements of vegetation cover showed no significant difference compared with a traditional point quadrat method.

Citation

Gilbert, J.A. & Butt, K.R. (2009): Evaluation of digital photography as a tool for field monitoring in potentially inhospitable environments. Mires and Peat 5: Art. 5. (Online: http://www.mires-and-peat.net/volumes/map05/map0505.php)

Reviewers

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