IAS pilot - Observations of alien plant species using a vehicle-mounted camera system in Flanders (Belgium)

Occurrence
Versão mais recente published by Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) on jan. 27, 2026 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Publication date:
27 de janeiro de 2026
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Descrição

IAS pilot - Observations of alien plant species using a vehicle-mounted camera system in Flanders (Belgium) is an occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It is part of the Biodiversa IAS pilot project (2023-2027), that implemented the monitoring of invasive alien plants using a vehicle-mounted camera system in various countries across Europe. Specifically, the CamAlien camera system (Dyrmann et al. 2024) was mounted on a car to capture images of the roadside vegetation. Data have been standardized to Darwin Core. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/ias-pilot/issues.Images from the cameras were processed with image recognition algorithms provided through Pl@ntNet (Espitalier et al. 2025). For the current dataset, only pre-selected species of regional importance were retained, and occurrences (images) with insufficient confidence were filtered out.We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.This dataset was published as open data for the IAS pilot project (funded by Biodiversa+) and the OneSTOP project (funded by Horizon Europe), with technical support provided by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).

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Occurrence (core)
13880
Multimedia 
13880

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D'hondt B, Steen F, Neukermans A, Adriaens T, Dalby L, Gillespie M A, Mellerup K A, Høye T T, Bonnet P, Joly A, Govaert S (2026). IAS pilot - Observations of alien plant species using a vehicle-mounted camera system in Flanders (Belgium). Version 1.1. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=ias-pilot-be&v=1.1

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GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: 9c85f295-cc92-473c-969a-bb5d3eccfd0b.  Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Palavras-chave

Occurrence; CamAlien; invasive species; alien species; non-native species; IAS; plants

Contatos

Bram D'hondt
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
  • Ponto De Contato
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Frédérique Steen
  • Originador
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Axel Neukermans
  • Originador
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Tim Adriaens
  • Originador
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Lars Dalby
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
Aarhus University
Mark A.K. Gillespie
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
Aarhus University
Kavi Askholm Mellerup
  • Originador
Aarhus University
Toke T. Høye
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
Aarhus University
Sanne Govaert
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Originador
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

Cobertura Geográfica

Flanders, Belgium

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [50,705, 4,216], Norte Leste [51,072, 4,983]

Cobertura Taxonômica

6 non-native species of vascular plants

Gênero Reynoutria sp.
Espécie Ailanthus altissima, Impatiens glandulifera, Robinia pseudoacacia, Rosa rugosa

Cobertura Temporal

Data Inicial / Data final 2024-07-18 / 2024-09-09

Dados Sobre o Projeto

Biodiversa+ monitoring pilots aim to facilitate the harmonisation of biodiversity monitoring at a transnational level, by testing common protocols and new technologies. The Biodiversa+ IAS pilot project (2023-2027) implemented the monitoring of invasive alien plants using a vehicle-mounted camera system in various countries across Europe.

Título Monitoring Invasive Alien Species with image-based methods
Identificador IAS pilot
Financiamento Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership supporting excellent research on biodiversity with an impact on policy and society. Biodiversa+ was jointly developed by BiodivERsA and the European Commission as part of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030.
Descrição da Área de Estudo Europe
Descrição do Design During several field seasons of the project, the CamAlien camera system (AI Lab, Denmark) was mounted on vehicles to capture images of the vegetation along linear transport infrastructure. Typically, this system was mounted on a car for the monitoring of roadside vegetation. The system was also tested on other types of vehicles (e.g., boats, trains). Plant species were then identified from the images using species recognition algorithms (Pl@ntNet). The focus was specifically on invasive alien plants, in the context of large-scale surveys, rapid detection, and support of species management. This pilot study was conducted in 11 countries across Europe.

O pessoal envolvido no projeto:

Lars Dalby
Mark A.K. Gillespie
Kavi Askholm Mellerup
  • Autor
Toke T. Høye

Métodos de Amostragem

The CamAlien system essentially is a camera mounted on a moving car. The system continuously takes photos while driving, even at highway speeds. Images are anonymised for GDPR compliance and analysis is powered by the Pl@ntNet API, which returns species confidence scores. The software applies adaptive recording based on speed, and a human observer is able to tag plant sightings on the go, helping to build a better training set for the image recognition models.

Área de Estudo The study aimed to detect a set of predetermined invasive plant species in roadside verges on a regional scale during the field season of several consecutive years.
Controle de Qualidade The species recognition algorithm (Pl@ntNet) returned a confidence value for each identification of a plant species in an image. A threshold value above which a confidence score is considered accurate was determined through expert validation and statistical modelling. Expert botanists annotated a subset of images with a range of confidence scores for presence/absence of the classified species. Presence/absence was then modelled as a binary response in a logistic GLM (General Linear Model) against confidence score. The confidence score providing a 50% probability of presence was then selected as threshold value. The images resulting from this filtering process were not all individually reviewed.

Descrição dos passos do método:

  1. Partners from the project consortium defined the set of target species (invasive alien plant species of interest), and agreed on a generic sampling plan for the coming field season.
  2. The CamAlien camera system was mounted on a vehicle.
  3. The vehicle was driven along the road infrastructure, with the CamAlien system running.
  4. The resulting images were shared with the lead partner (Aarhus University), for storage and first-level edits.
  5. The images were transferred to Pl@ntNet, which returned classifications (identifications) of the target species in each of the images.
  6. The returned data were processed, by filtering on the confidence level threshold, or any other step deemed necessary to increase reliability.

Citações bibliográficas

  1. Dyrmann M, Skovsen SK, Christiansen PH et al. (2024) High-speed camera system for efficient monitoring of invasive plant species along roadways. F1000Research 2024, 13:360. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.141992.2
  2. Espitalier V, Lombardo JC, Goëau H, Botella C, Høye T T, Dyrmann M, Bonnet P, Joly A (2025). Adapting a global plant identification model to detect invasive alien plant species in high-resolution road side images. Ecological Informatics 89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103129

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