The invention belongs to but not limited to the technical field of
animal husbandry statistics, and particularly relates to an alpine meadow yak number calculation method and
system based on an unmanned aerial vehicle image, and the method comprises the steps: S1, employing an unmanned aerial vehicle to
shoot an orthoimage of a
sample plot, and carrying out the statistics of the yak number; s2, splicing the shot images by using Pix4D
software, screening a proper
sample plot, and respectively counting the quantity of wet
cow dung and the quantity of dry
cow dung in a
visual interpretation mode; and S3, carrying out
linear fitting on the obtained data by using Origin 2024b, so as to obtain three relation curves. According to the method for estimating the number of the yaks through statistics of the number of the
cow dung in the unmanned aerial vehicle image, the
workload of data collection is greatly reduced, and the limitation that the number of the yaks cannot be obtained when the yaks are not grazed in the
grassland is avoided. According to the invention, the
data acquisition frequency of experimenters is effectively reduced, and the research cost is reduced.