The results from Period 1 showed that goats control the regrowth of gorse (from 19.6 to 14.2% of cover) more effectively than sheep (17.8 to 27.0% cover; P <0.05), favouring the increase in herbaceous plants (from 21.5 to 42.1% of cover under goat grazing and from 22.1 to 26.6% under...
Heather plants were classified according to their health status, based on their spectral signatures. Plants were successfully classified as ‘healthy’ or ‘stressed’ with an accuracy of 98.1%, using a Partial Least Squares regression (PLSR) model, which demonstrated the technical feasibility of ...