Abstract
Plant functional traits are rarely used in tree species classification, and the impact of vertical canopy positions on collecting samples for classification also remains unclear. We aim to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of leaf traits in classification, as well as to detect the effect of vertical position on classification accuracy. This work will deepen our understanding of the ecological mechanism of natural forest structure and succession from new perspectives. In this study, we collected foliar samples from three canopy layers (upper, middle and lower) and measured their spectra, as well as eight well-known leaf traits. We used a leaf hyperspectral reflectance (LHR) dataset, leaf functional traits (LFT) dataset and LFT + LHR dataset to classify six dominant tree species in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest. Our results showed that the LFT + LHR dataset achieved the highest classification results (overall accuracy (OA) = 77.65% and Kappa = 0.73), followed by the LFT dataset (OA = 74.26% and Kappa = 0.69) and the LHR dataset (OA = 69.06% and Kappa = 0.63). Along the vertical canopy, the OA and Kappa increased from the lower to the upper layers, and the combination data of the three canopy layers achieved the highest accuracy. For the individual tree species, the shade-tolerant species (including Machilus chinensis, Cryptocarya chinensis and Cryptocarya concinna) produced higher accuracies than the light-demanding species (including Schima superba and Castanopsis chinensis). Our results provide an approach for enhancing tree species recognition from the plant physiology and biochemistry perspective and emphasize the importance of vertical direction in forest community research.
Funder
South China Institute of Botany
Guangzhou University
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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