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Table 2 Field assessment of remotely collected palm data

From: Landscape disturbance impacts on Attalea butyracea palm distribution in central Panama

Total field sample (n = 86)

 

Remotely sensed A. butyracea

 

YES

NO

Total

  Field-verified A. butyracea

YES

40

15

55

NO

10

21

31

Total

50

36

86

Sensitivity: 0.73 Specificity: 0.68 aPPV: 0.8 bNPV: 0.58

Pasture sample (n = 54)

 

Remotely sensed A. butyracea

 

YES

NO

Total

  Field-verified A. butyracea

YES

25

3

28

NO

9

17

26

Total

34

20

54

Sensitivity: 0.89 Specificity: 0.65 aPPV: 0.74 bNPV: 0.85

Canopy sample (n = 32)

 

Remotely sensed A. butyracea

 

YES

NO

Total

  Field-verified A. butyracea

YES

15

12

27

NO

1

4

5

Total

16

16

32

Sensitivity: 0.56 Specificity: 0.8 aPPV: 0.94 bNPV: 0.25

  1. aPositive predictive value
  2. bNegative predictive value