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Rapid condition monitoring of an endangered marine vertebrate using precise, non-invasive morphometrics
Biological Conservation ( IF 5.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108402
Jarrod C. Hodgson , Dirk Holman , Aleks Terauds , Lian Pin Koh , Simon D. Goldsworthy

Abstract Understanding causes of population change is critical for conservation. Quantifying these causes can be difficult, especially for hard to sample animals like marine vertebrates (e.g. pinnipeds). One solution is to investigate spatiotemporal differences in a species' body condition by measuring body size and mass. Collecting traditional morphological measurements is risky and labour intensive, making less invasive and more efficient techniques desirable. Using Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) of known size and mass as a case study, we tested the suitability of using drone-derived photogrammetry to estimate morphological measurements and assess body condition. Drone-derived measurements were precise and without bias. Animal mass was highly correlated with the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional measurements of simplified area and volume, explaining >77% and >84% (all P 0.99). Using each measurement as a proxy for mass, we calculated body condition indices for each class by standardising the variables by animal length. Photogrammetric indices ranked individuals comparably to those generated from ground-collected data (rs = 0.77–1, depending on age-sex class). Our technique provides a workflow for the non-invasive collection of morphometric data to quantify animal condition, which is transferrable to other pinniped species with species-specific calibration. It will also facilitate the efficient collection of morphometric data of vertebrates from remotely sensed imagery.

中文翻译:

使用精确的非侵入性形态测量技术对濒危海洋脊椎动物进行快速状态监测

摘要 了解种群变化的原因对于保护至关重要。量化这些原因可能很困难,尤其是对于海洋脊椎动物(例如鳍足类)等难以取样的动物。一种解决方案是通过测量身体大小和质量来研究物种身体状况的时空差异。收集传统的形态学测量是有风险和劳动密集型的,因此需要侵入性更小、效率更高的技术。使用已知大小和质量的澳大利亚海狮 (Neophoca cinerea) 作为案例研究,我们测试了使用无人机衍生的摄影测量法来估计形态测量和评估身体状况的适用性。无人机衍生的测量结果精确且无偏差。动物质量与简化面积和体积的 2 维和 3 维测量高度相关,解释了 >77% 和 >84%(所有 P 0.99)。使用每个测量值作为质量的代理,我们通过按动物长度对变量进行标准化来计算每个类别的身体状况指数。摄影测量指数对个体的排名与从地面收集的数据中产生的指数相当(rs = 0.77–1,取决于年龄性别等级)。我们的技术为形态测量数据的非侵入性收集提供了一个工作流程,以量化动物状况,可通过物种特定校准转移到其他鳍足类物种。它还将促进从遥感图像中有效收集脊椎动物的形态测量数据。我们通过按动物长度对变量进行标准化来计算每个类别的身体状况指数。摄影测量指数对个体的排名与从地面收集的数据中产生的指数相当(rs = 0.77–1,取决于年龄性别等级)。我们的技术为形态测量数据的非侵入性收集提供了一个工作流程,以量化动物状况,可通过物种特定校准转移到其他鳍足类物种。它还将促进从遥感图像中有效收集脊椎动物的形态测量数据。我们通过按动物长度对变量进行标准化来计算每个类别的身体状况指数。摄影测量指数对个体的排名与从地面收集的数据中产生的指数相当(rs = 0.77–1,取决于年龄性别等级)。我们的技术为形态测量数据的非侵入性收集提供了一个工作流程,以量化动物状况,可通过物种特定校准转移到其他鳍足类物种。它还将促进从遥感图像中有效收集脊椎动物的形态测量数据。我们的技术为形态测量数据的非侵入性收集提供了一个工作流程,以量化动物状况,可通过物种特定校准转移到其他鳍足类物种。它还将促进从遥感图像中有效收集脊椎动物的形态测量数据。我们的技术为形态测量数据的非侵入性收集提供了一个工作流程,以量化动物状况,可通过物种特定校准转移到其他鳍足类物种。它还将促进从遥感图像中有效收集脊椎动物的形态测量数据。
更新日期:2020-02-01
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