UAV telephotography elucidates floristic variability and beta diversity of island cliffs under grazing interventions

Cliffs contain one of the least known plant communities, which has been overlooked in biodiversity assessments due to the inherent inaccessibility. Our study adopted the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the telephoto camera to remotely clarify floristic variability across unreachable cliffs. Studi...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2024-07, Vol.14 (1), p.15465-12, Article 15465
Main Authors: Kim, Seongjun, Lee, Chang Woo, Park, Hwan-Joon, Hwang, Jung Eun, Park, Hyeong Bin, Yoon, Young-Jun, Kim, Yeong-Joong
Format: Article
Language:English
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Alien species
Animals
Anthropogenic factors
Biodiversity
Cliffs
Drone
Ecosystem
Ferns
Flowers & plants
Goats
Grazing
Herbivores
Herbivory
Humanities and Social Sciences
Introduced herbivore
Introduced species
Islands
Microhabitats
multidisciplinary
Plant communities
Plant species
Plant species composition
Plants
Republic of Korea
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Species composition
Unmanned Aerial Devices
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Unreachable cliff
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Summary:Cliffs contain one of the least known plant communities, which has been overlooked in biodiversity assessments due to the inherent inaccessibility. Our study adopted the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the telephoto camera to remotely clarify floristic variability across unreachable cliffs. Studied cliffs comprised 17 coastal and 13 inland cliffs in Gageodo of South Korea, among which 9 and 5 cliffs were grazed by the introduced cliff-dwelling goats. The UAV telephotography showed 154 and 166 plant species from coastal and inland cliffs, respectively. Inland cliffs contained more vascular plant species ( P  
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-66446-7