1. Assessing soil CO2 emission on eucalyptus species using UAV-based reflectance and vegetation indices.
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Rossi, Fernando Saragosa, Della-Silva, João Lucas, Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro, Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo, Santana, Dthenifer Cordeiro, Baio, Fábio Henrique Rojo, Morinigo, Wendel Bueno, Crusiol, Luís Guilherme Teixeira, La Scala Jr., Newton, and da Silva Jr., Carlos Antonio
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EUCALYPTUS ,CARBON cycle ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,FOREST soils ,GREENHOUSE effect ,REFLECTANCE - Abstract
Eucalyptus species play an important role in the global carbon cycle, especially in reducing the greenhouse effect as well as storing atmospheric CO₂. Thus, assessing the amount of CO₂ released by the soil in forest areas can generate important information for environmental monitoring. This study aims to verify the relation between soil carbon dioxide (CO₂) flux (FCO₂), spectral bands, and vegetation indices (VIs) derived from a UAV-based multispectral camera over an area of eucalyptus species. Multispectral imageries (green, red-edge, and near-infrared) from the Parrot Sequoia sensor, derived vegetation indices, and the FCO₂ data from a LI-COR 8100 analyzer, combined with soil moisture and temperature data, were collected and related. The vegetation indices ATSAVI (Adjusted Transformed Soil-Adjusted VI), GSAVI (Green Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index), and SAVI (Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index), which use soil correction factors, exhibited a strong negative correlation with FCO₂ for the species E. camaldulensis, E. saligna, and E. urophylla species. A Multivariate Analysis of Variance showed significance (p < 0.01) for the species factor, which indicates that there are differences when considering all variables simultaneously. The results achieved in this study show a specific correlation between the data of soil CO₂ emission and the eucalypt species, providing a distinction of values between the species in the statistical data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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