AI RESEARCH
Understanding Representation Gaps Across Scales in Tropical Tree Species Classification from Drone Imagery
arXiv CS.LG
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ArXi:2604.23019v1 Announce Type: cross Accurate classification of tropical tree species from unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery remains challenging due to high species diversity and strong visual similarity among species at typical image resolutions (centimeters per pixel). In contrast, models trained on close-up citizen science photographs captured with smartphones achieve strong plant species classification performance.