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Detecting Invasive Amur Honeysuckle in Urban Green Spaces of Cincinnati, Ohio Using Landsat-8 NDVI Difference Images

Bridget Taylor, Denis Conover and Richard Beck
Ecological Restoration, September 2020, 38 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.38.3.139
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(corresponding author: University of Cincinnati, Department of Geography, 401 Braunstein Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0131, )
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    Study area: five urban green spaces in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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    Histogram of November minus January NDVI difference values (bin = 0.005) corresponding with L. maackii absent GPS points and L. maackii present GPS points.

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    NDVI difference image of November minus January displaying in white L. maakii (a) Bender Mountain Nature Preserve; (b) Buttercup Valley Nature Preserve and Parkers Wood; (c) Undeveloped wooded section of Spring Grove Cemetery; (d) Avon Woods Nature Preserve.

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    Meehania cordata. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. Britton, N.L. and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

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    Study area urban green space site locations and ownership.

    Site NameLocationSize (hectares)Ownership
    Bender Mountain Nature Preserve39°06′05.8″ N 84°39′34.6″ W22.3Delhi Township Parks and Recreation and the Western Wildlife Corridor
    Buttercup Valley Nature Preserve39°10′23.9″ N 84°32′14.3″ W10.4City of Cincinnati’s Parks system
    Parkers Woods39°10′10.9″ N 84°32′11.8″ W25.6City of Cincinnati’s Parks system
    Northern Undeveloped Portion of Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum39°11′01.3″ N 84°31′53.4″ W114.5Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum
    Avon Woods Nature Preserve39°09′44.3″ N 84°28′54.1″ W7.8City of Cincinnati’s Parks system
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    Errors of commission and omission resulting from application of our proposed L. maackii detection threshold. The threshold had a high average accuracy, but limited ability to detect presence in some sites (e.g., Parker Woods and Avon Woods).

    Green SpacePresent L.maackiiAbsent L.maackiiError of CommissionError of OmissionTotalOverall Accuracy
    Bender Mountain417122488%
    Buttercup ValleyN/A80N/A8100%
    Parkers Woods8N/AN/A41267%
    Spring Grove Cemetery18N/AN/A22090%
    Avon Woods4N/AN/A4850%
    Total34251127282%
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