Differentiating between hedgerows gaps: Natural or for access?

Differentiating Between Unutilised Gaps And Gaps For Access In Hedgerow Using Remote Sensing (2025)
Report
Wolstenholme, J., Nolan, J., Townsend, E., Ahmed, J., Parsons, K., Davidson, G., Thomas, R., & Parsons, D. (2025). Differentiating Between Unutilised Gaps And Gaps For Access In Hedgerow Using Remote Sensing. The Tree Council

Introduction:
Hedgerows are present throughout the majority of the United Kingdom, predominantly delineating boundaries, borders or limits of land (Baudry et al., 2000). They provide landscape-scale connectivity as well as increased biodiversity, po... Read More about Differentiating Between Unutilised Gaps And Gaps For Access In Hedgerow Using Remote Sensing.

Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025)
Journal Article
Wolstenholme, J. M., Cooper, F., Thomas, R. E., Ahmed, J., Parsons, K. J., Parsons, K. J., & Parsons, D. R. (online). Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.432

Hedgerows are a key component of the UK landscape that form boundaries, borders and limits of land whilst providing vital landscape-scale ecological connectivity for a range of organisms. They are diverse habitats in the agricultural landscape provid... Read More about Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.