Pu, Y. *, Lu, X., Soubry, I., & Guo, X. Early Detection of Woody Plant Expansion in Canadian Prairie Based on Drone Imagery and Deep Learning. Ecological Informatics. 2025, 90, 103354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103354

Pu, Y.*; Nixon, A.; Prieto, B.; Guo, X. Identifying Native Grasslands and Key Phenological Stages using Time Series Sentinel-2 Data and Deep Learning Models. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 2025, 140, 104619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104619.

Pu, Y.*; Wilmshurst, J.; Guo, X. Separating Shrub Cover from Green Vegetation in Grasslands Using Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2024, 50:1, 2347630. https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2024.2347630.

Pu, Y.; Xu, D.*; Wang, H.; Li, X.; Xu, X. A New Strategy for Individual Tree Detection and Segmentation from Leaf-on and Leaf-off UAV-LiDAR Point Clouds Based on Automatic Detection of Seed Points. Remote Sensing, 2023, 15(6), 1619. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061619.

Pu, Y.; Xu, D.*; Wang, H.; An, D.; Xu, X. Extracting Canopy Closure by the CHM-Based and SHP-Based Methods with a Hemispherical FOV from UAV-LiDAR Data in a Poplar Plantation. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13(19): 3837. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13193837.

Xu D., Pu Y., Zhu M., Luan Z. and Shi K.* Automatic Detection of Algal Blooms using Sentinel-2 MSI and Landsat OLI Images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021,14:8497-8511. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3105746.

Xu, D.*; Pu, Y.; Guo, X. A Semi-Automated Method to Extract Green and Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation Cover from RGB Images in Mixed Grasslands. Sensors 2020, 20(23): 6870. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236870.

Teaching Assistant                                                          2022.09 - 2025.04 

Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon