Plant Functional Ecology Lab

Research group in plant functional ecology and biodiversity @IRBV_Montreal @UMontreal PI: @etnlalib

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

To program these automatic drone missions:
💻 https://t.co/ByMnBg66A7

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

🌳🚁 Revolutionary drone workflow captures ultra-HD photos of tropical tree canopies! Our new method captures 300 trees/day from 6m above, helping botanists ID species that are impossible to see from the forest floor.
📄 https://t.co/i6Ubi91fsT

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

Our workflow in action can be seen here:
🎞️https://t.co/JjLTvp1T9k

[Etienne Laliberté @etnlalib]

We’re releasing SelvaBox, the largest tropical tree detection dataset from drone imagery. Our models trained on SelvaBox achieve competitive zero-shot detection performance on unseen tropical tree crown datasets, matching or exceeding competing methods. https://t.co/GGNoRdqHtw

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

To win #XPRIZERainforest we developed an automatic workflow to acquire close-up photos of tropical trees to support biodiversity monitoring. Here’s what it looks like it action at @USFQTiputini
https://t.co/aSimr3k4OG

[IVADO @IVADO_Qc]

👏Congratulations to the Limelight Rainforest team for winning the #XPRIZERainforest competition in Brazil with the support of IVADO!
Read more: https://t.co/GmASK0ezh4

#XPRIZE #Biodiversity #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ClimateChange #TropicalForest

[IVADO @IVADO_Qc]

👏Félicitations à l’équipe Limelight Rainforest qui a remporté la compétition #XPRIZERainforest au Brésil grâce au soutien d'IVADO!
En savoir plus : https://t.co/v74xLhW5UU

#XPRIZE #Biodiversité #IA #IntelligenceArtificielle #ChangementsClimatiques #Innovation #ForetsTropicales

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

We're working on Barro Colorado Island with @HMullerLandau's team to refine our winning #XPRIZERainforest canopy tree mapping solution. We're now confident enough in our workflow to the drone move closer to trees to take even better photos. #BioCLIP correctly ID'ed that one!

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

🙏 Thanks also to @DaoudPiracha Vincent Le Falher @Rivasecologyecu the ZF-2 crew and everyone in @traitlab who labelled trees!

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

🥇We’re thrilled to announce that our @LimelightRF team has won the #XPRIZERainforest competition! 🏆

🌳We have developed the canopy tree mapping solution using drone imagery and AI 🌴

Follow 🧵below for details!

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

💰Thanks to @institutoalana who generously funded this @XPRIZE rainforest competition and @IVADO_QC who provided financial support for the finals.

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

🙏 All of this was made possible by an incredibly talented team led by @etnlalib. Huge shout-out to @HugoBaudchon @antoine3563! Thanks also to @cjpal @ArthurOuaknine @MelisandeTeng @RubiscoAI @OutreachRobotic @thomas_walla @johannavarner and many others...

[Etienne Laliberté @etnlalib]

So happy to announce that our team @LimelightRF won the #XPRIZERainforest competition! We delivered a canopy tree mapping solution using drones and AI that can transform tropical forest biodiversity monitoring. Thanks @IVADO_Qc for the support.

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

We're delighted to announce that our @LimelightRF team made it on the podium of #XPRIZERainforest! Regardless of the result (🥇🥈or🥉???), we're very proud of @traitlab's contribution to @LimelightRF through our innovative canopy tree mapping solution🌳Stay tuned for more!

[Plant Functional Ecology Lab @traitlab]

In this new study from our lab, @myriam_cloutier shows that segmentation of temperate trees from drone imagery works best at the onset of autumn when leaves start of deciduous trees start to change color. https://t.co/Kskq2VDyte