Tree Species Identification Based on FCN Using the Visible Images Obtained from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Pengqin Dai; Lixia Ding; Lijuan Liu; Luofan Dong; Yiting Huang

doi:10.3788/LOP57.101001

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