Using UAVs to assess the relationship between alpine meadow bare patches and disturbance by pikas in the source region of Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Using UAVs to assess the relationship between alpine meadow bare patches and disturbance by pikas in the source region of Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Degradation of the alpine meadow has received increasing attention recently, and plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae, hereafter pika) disturbance is considered as an important cause. Bare patches are the most obvious features indicating the degree of degradation. Previous studies mainly focus on bare p...

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Main Authors: Jianguo Zhang, Dawei Liu, Baoping Meng, Jianjun Chen, Xiaoyun Wang, Hui Jiang, Yue Yu, Shuhua Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Alpine meadow
UAV aerial Photo
Plateau pika
Bare patches
FragMAP
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421000676

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