Seeing the forest and the trees: a workflow for automatic acquisition of ultra-high resolution drone photos of tropical forest canopies to support botanical and ecological studies
Étienne Laliberté, Antoine Caron-Guay, Vincent Le Falher, Guillaume Tougas, Helene C. Muller‐Landau, Gonzalo Francisco Rivas‐Torres, Thomas R. Walla, Hugo Baudchon, Mélvin Hernandez, Adrian Buenaño, Anna Weber, Jeffrey Quintin Chambers, Jomber Chota Inuma, Fernando Araúz, Jorge Valdes, , Jefferson Gualinga
This paper introduces a drone-based workflow and open-source software to capture ultra-high resolution canopy photos for tropical forest studies, enabling accurate taxonomic identification.
bioRxiv · Sep 2, 2025 · PreprintEcology