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  1. Simulating future land-use within the uThukela and uMngeni catchments in KwaZulu-Natal

    Article • Scientific African, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  2. Forest, Crop and Grassland Leaf Area Index Estimation Using Remote Sensing: A Review of Current Research Methods, Sensors, Estimation Models and Accomplishments

    Article • Applied Sciences, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  3. Localizing the analysis of drought impacts on KwaZulu-Natal's commercial forests

    Article • Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  4. Mapping wattle rust induced defoliation within South Africa’s wattle commercial forest plantations over two seasons

    Article • July 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  5. Detecting and Mapping Snow Induced Damage to Commercial Forest Plantations Using Sparse Partial Least Squares – Discriminant Analysis

    Article • July 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  6. Sub-Saharan Africa Freshwater Fisheries under Climate Change: A Review of Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation Measures

    Article • Fishes, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  7. Climate Change Perceptions, Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Insights of Fishers in Zambezi River Basin, Zimbabwe

    Article • Sustainability, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  8. Unlocking the Potential of Fish to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Sustainability, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  9. Discriminating invasive Solanum mauritianum using image texture and sparse PLS discriminant analysis

    Article • October 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  10. Utility of texture combinations computed from fused WorldView-2 imagery in discriminating commercial forest species

    Article • Geocarto International, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  11. Detecting and mapping invasive Parthenium hysterophorus L. along the northern coastal belt of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa using image texture

    Article • Scientific African, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  12. Drought and its impacts on small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: a review

    Article • South African Geographical Journal, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  13. Detecting and mapping drought severity using multi-temporal Landsat data in the uMsinga region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Geocarto International, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  14. Spatially optimizing vegetation indices integrated with sparse partial least squares regression to detect and map the effects of Gonipterus scutellatus on the chlorophyll content of eucalyptus plantations

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  15. The Impacts of Drought and the Adaptive Strategies of Small-Scale Farmers in uMsinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Asian and African Studies, May 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  16. Comparing partial least squares (PLS) discriminant analysis and sparse PLS discriminant analysis in detecting and mapping Solanum mauritianum in commercial forest plantations using image texture

    Article • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  17. A comparative study of community perceptions regarding the role of roads as a poverty alleviation strategy in rural areas

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  18. Improving the unsupervised mapping of riparian bugweed in commercial forest plantations using hyperspectral data and LiDAR

    Article • Geocarto International, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  19. Detecting and mapping Gonipterus scutellatus induced vegetation defoliation using WorldView-2 pan-sharpened image texture combinations and an artificial neural network

    Article • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, February 2019, SPIE

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  20. Mapping forest aboveground biomass in the reforested Buffelsdraai landfill site using texture combinations computed from SPOT-6 pan-sharpened imagery

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  21. Using Sentinel-2 Multispectral Images to Map the Occurrence of the Cossid Moth (Coryphodema tristis) in Eucalyptus Nitens Plantations of Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Article • Remote Sensing, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  22. The effects of relief food aid on food production and consumption patterns of communal farmers in Chigodora community, Case study: Zimbabwe.

    Article • Review of Social Sciences, March 2017, LAR Center Press

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  23. Detecting and mapping levels of Gonipterus scutellatus-induced vegetation defoliation and leaf area index using spatially optimized vegetation indices

    Article • Geocarto International, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  24. Detecting bugweed (Solanum mauritianum) abundance in plantation forestry using multisource remote sensing

    Article • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  25. Detection and mapping of bracken fern weeds using multispectral remotely sensed data: a review of progress and challenges

    Article • Geocarto International, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  26. Mapping Solanum mauritianum plant invasions using WorldView-2 imagery and unsupervised random forests

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  27. Unsupervised anomaly weed detection in riparian forest areas using hyperspectral data and LiDAR

    Article • August 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  28. Optimising the spatial resolution of WorldView-2 pan-sharpened imagery for predicting levels of Gonipterus scutellatus defoliation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  29. Optimizing the spatial resolution of WorldView-2 imagery for discriminating forest vegetation at subspecies level in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Geocarto International, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering

  30. Estimating the road edge effect on adjacentEucalyptus grandisforests in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, using texture measures and an artificial neural network

    Article • Journal of Spatial Science, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Romano Trent Lottering