Soil invertebrate biomass estimation from image-derived body area and contour length
Ajuan Zhang, Jing‐Zhong Lu, Andrey G. Zuev, Bingxue Zhu, Nicole Scheunemann, Cornelia Wiesener, Andreas Kauk, Birgit Balkenhol, Julia Noe, Sebastian Moll, Simin Li, Anton Potapov, Clement Schneider
This paper develops a framework to estimate soil invertebrate biomass using image-derived body area and contour length, showing good predictive performance across taxa and community scales.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintEcology