Fuelwood extraction intensity drives compensatory regrowth in African savanna communal lands
Humans and vegetation are co-adapted in high wood use areas of African savanna.
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Land Degradation and Development
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The cost and distribution of forest conservation for national emissions reductions
Avoided forest degradation is essential to cost-effective carbon-climate policies
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Global Environmental Change
Published in 2018
Effect of microsite quality and species composition on tree growth: a semi-empirical modeling approach
Microsite conditions strongly influence growth of restored forests in Panama
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Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2018
Imaging spectroscopy predicts variable distance decay across contrasting Amazonian tree communities
Beta-diversity can be mapped using high-fidelity imaging spectroscopy
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Journal of Ecology
Published in 2018
Indirect estimation of structural parameters in South African forests using MISR-HR and LiDAR remote sensing data
Forest structure can be accurately mapped in Africa using multi-angle and multi-spectral data.
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Remote Sensing
Published in 2018
Tree-based approach to biomass estimation from remote sensing data in a tropical agricultural landscape
Tree-based biomass mapping reveals hidden carbon stocks in deforested tropical landscapes
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Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2018
Estimating aboveground carbon density and its uncertainty in Borneo’s structurally complex tropical forests using airborne laser scanning
New calibrations of airborne LiDAR facilitate mapping of forest carbon stocks in Borneo.
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Biogeosciences
Published in 2018
Aboveground carbon density: combining FIA plot-derived estimates and airborne LiDAR
Study shows that US Forest Service field biomass monitoring greatly enhanced by airborne laser scanning.
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Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2018
Leaf to landscape responses of giant sequoia to hotter drought
A multi-scale study reveals the impacts of California's drought on iconic giant sequoias.
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Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2018
Remote measurement of canopy water content in giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) during drought
Canopy water content is the most sensitive physiological measure of giant sequoia susceptibility to drought.
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Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2018
Landscape-scale variation in canopy water content of giant sequoias during drought
Imaging spectroscopy provides a way to monitor the vulnerability of giant sequoias to drought.
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Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2018
Landscape evolution and nutrient rejuvenation reflected in Amazon forest canopy chemistry
Evolution of the Amazonian landscape alters the chemistry and functioning its forest canopy.
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Ecology Letters
Published in 2018
An approach for high-resolution mapping of Hawaiian Metrosideros forest mortality using laser-guided imaging spectroscopy
A new approach allows for mapping Rapid Ohia Death in Hawaii's last remaining native forests.
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Remote Sensing
Published in 2018
A spectral mapping signature for the Rapid Ohia Death (ROD) pathogen in Hawaiian forests
A spectral basis for detection, mapping, and monitoring the spread of Rapid Ohia Death in Hawaiian forests.
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Remote Sensing
Published in 2018
Protected area management priorities crucial for the future of Bornean elephants
The importance of degraded forest landscapes for the future of Bornean elephants is currently underestimated.
Biological Conservation
Published in 2018
Megafaunal effects on vegetation structure throughout a densely wooded African landscape
Elephants dominate vegetation in South African Thicket ecosystems.
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Ecological Applications
Published in 2018
An approach for foliar trait retrieval from airborne imaging spectroscopy of tropical forests
Forest canopy chemical mapping goes operational in Borneo
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Remote Sensing
Published in 2018
Decoupled dimensions of leaf economic and anti-herbivore defense strategies in a tropical canopy tree community
Foliar defense operates uniquely from foliar growth in tropical forest canopies.
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Oecologia
Published in 2018
Mapped aboveground carbon stocks to advance forest conservation and recovery in Malaysian Borneo
Huge mapped potential for forest conservation and climate change mitigation in northern Borneo
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Biological Conservation
Published in 2017
What mediates tree mortality during drought in the southern Sierra Nevada?
Multiple landscape-scale factors mediate species-specific tree mortality during drought.
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Ecological Applications
Published in 2017
Remotely sensed predictors of conifer tree mortality during severe drought
Spectroscopic monitoring of canopy water loss predicts tree mortality during drought.
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Environmental Research Letters
Published in 2017
Riparian vegetation structure and the hunting behavior of adult estuarine crocodiles
Bornean crocodiles use trees to get to macaque prey.
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PLoS One
Published in 2017
Drivers of woody canopy water content responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem
When it comes to drought tolerance, plant species matter.
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Ecological Applications
Published in 2017
Cover of tall trees best predicts California spotted owl habitat
Tall trees are key habitat for the endangered spotted owl in California.
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Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2017
Effects of long-term rainfall decline on the structure and functioning of Hawaiian forests
A century of declining rainfall is closely tied to observed changes in forest structure and photosynthesis in Hawaii.
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Environmental Research Letters
Published in 2017
Episodic canopy structural transformations and biological invasion in a Hawaiian forest
Repeat monitoring with LiDAR yields new insights on the impacts of invasive species on forest condition
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Published in 2017
Airborne mapping of benthic reflectance spectra
A new approach to mapping coral reefs using imaging spectroscopy
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Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2017
Underproductive agriculture aids connectivity in tropical forests
Regeneration of reclaimable, underproductive agriculture can play a key role in lowland tropical forest connectivity, reconnecting now isolated populations of endangered Bornean elephants.
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Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2017
Canopy structure drives orangutan habitat selection in disturbed Bornean forests
Management and forest restoration efforts that foster taller Bornean rainforest canopies are more likely to succeed at sustaining orangutan populations over the long-term.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2017
Biotic and abiotic controls over canopy function and structure in humid Hawaiian forests
Biological invasion trumps environmental factors in determining forest function and structure in Hawaii
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Ecosystems
Published in 2017
Conservation assessment of the Peruvian Andes and Amazon based on mapped forest biodiversity
Mapped forest biodiversity underpins new gap analysis of forest protections in the Andes and Amazon region, and reveals the critical importance of indigenous lands for biodiversity protection.
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Biological Conservation
Published in 2017
Altitude effect on leaf wax carbon isotopic composition in humid tropical forests
Canopy foliar waxes and their isotopes change with elevation in patterns that inform numerous fields, from photosynthesis to paleoecology
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Published in 2017
Erosion of organic carbon from the Andes and its effects on ecosystem carbon dioxide balance
High erosion rates in the Andes provide carbon to downstream Amazonian ecosystems
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Journal of Geophysical Research
Published in 2017
Landscape-scale GPP and carbon density inform patterns and impacts of an invasive tree across wet forests of Hawaii
Mapped changes in forest productivity and carbon stocks indicate the spread of an invasive tree in Hawaii
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Ecological Applications
Published in 2017
Prioritizing landscapes for restoration based on spatial patterns of ecosystem controls and plant-plant interactions
A new approach to prioritize landscapes for restoration based on mapped vegetation properties
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Journal of Applied Ecology
Published in 2017
Laser-guided imaging spectroscopy to map forest trait diversity and guide conservation
Advancing conservation planning with laser-guided imaging spectroscopy
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Science
Published in 2017
Humans and elephants as treefall drivers in African savannas
Elephants and humans co-dominate woody vegetation dynamics in an Africa
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Ecography
Published in 2017
Climate, topography, and canopy chemistry exert hierarchical control over soil N cycling in a Neotropical forest
A nested set of factors explain how nitrogen cycles in tropical forests
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Ecosystems
Published in 2017
Performance of one-class classifiers for invasive species mapping using airborne imaging spectroscopy
Imaging spectroscopy maps low-density, variable phenology invader throughout a California mediterranean-type ecosystem
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Ecological Informatics
Published in 2017
A hyperspectral image can predict tropical tree growth rates in single-species stands
A single CAO image can predict the future growth rates of tropical trees
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Ecological Applications
Published in 2016
Environmental controls on canopy foliar nitrogen distributions in a Neotropical lowland forest
Multiple environmental factors drive spatial variation in canopy nitrogen in Neotropical forests
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Ecological Applications
Published in 2016
Exploring dispersal barriers in scarlet macaws of the Peruvian Amazon
Environmental controls on genetic distribution of scarlet macaws in the Amazon
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Landscape Ecology
Published in 2016
Integrating LiDAR & Landsat to estimate forest regrowth in a tropical agricultural landscape
CAO and CLASlite combine forces to measure and map forest regrowth in a complex Panamanian landscape
Source: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
Published in 2016
Spectranomics: emerging science and conservation opportunities
Spectranomics turns 10, and could provide a viable pathway for mapping Earth's biodiversity
Source: Global Ecology & Conservation
Global Ecology and Conservation
Published in 2016
Remote sensing for restoration planning: how the big picture can inform stakeholders
Remote sensing aids in efforts to restore ecosystems following degradation and other long-term challenges
Source: Restoration Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Published in 2016
Branchfall dominates annual carbon flux across lowland Amazonian forests
Falling branches are a massive part of the carbon fluxes of Amazon rainforests
Environmental Research Letters
Published in 2016
CAO Imaging Spectrometer Calibration and Validation Report 2016
2016 calibration and validation report for CAO-3 imaging spectrometers
CAO Publication
Published in 2016
Hyper-temporal C-band SAR for woody structural assessments in savannas
Combinations of C-band RADAR data provided LiDAR-like mapping of woody canopy cover in African savannas
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Remote Sensing
Published in 2016
Integrating technologies for scalable ecology and conservation
Combinations of new technologies can rapidly increase our scientific knowledge in support of improved ecosystem conservation and management
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Global Ecology and Conservation
Published in 2016
Den site selection, pack composition, and reproductive success in endangered African wild dogs
3D vegetation habitat is a strong determinant of success among endangered African wild dogs
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Behavioral Ecology
Published in 2016
High-intensity fires for reversing woody encroachment in savannas
High-intensity fires can significantly reduce woody cover in African savannas
Source: Journal of Applied Ecology
Journal of Applied Ecology
Published in 2016
Limited spatial response to direct predation risk by African herbivores following predator reintroduction
Distributions of multiple prey species are differentially influenced by terrain and vegetation structure following lion reintroduction in an African protected area
Source: Ecology and Evolution
Ecology and Evolution
Published in 2016
Convergent elevation trends in canopy chemical traits of tropical forests
Consistent global-scale patterns in canopy chemical traits of humid tropical forests
Source: Global Change Biology
Global Change Biology
Published in 2016
Scale dependence of canopy trait distributions along a tropical forest elevation gradient
Forest canopy foliar trait distributions change along an elevation gradient in the Andes-to-Amazon region
New Phytologist
Published in 2016
Large-scale climatic and geophysical controls on the leaf economics spectrum
"Rule-breaker" forests in Andes and Amazon revealed by remote spectral sensing
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2016
Topographic distributions of emergent trees in tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
The tallest trees in this Costa Rican forest are found in certain topographic locations, and those tall trees have unique nitrogen properties.
Ecography
Published in 2016
Spatially explicit analysis of field inventories for national forest carbon monitoring
Why field inventory alone is not suitable for national forest carbon & emissions monitoring
Carbon Balance and Management
Published in 2016
Movement patterns of three arboreal primates in a Neotropical moist forest explained by LiDAR-estimated canopy structure
3D structure of the canopy explains how a diverse array of primates move throughout a tropical forest
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Landscape Ecology
Published in 2016
Monitoring plant functional diversity from space
CAO could go to space, and revolutionize plant diversity monitoring on Earth
Nature Plants
Published in 2016
Phylogenetic structure of foliar spectral traits in tropical forest canopies
Evolution and natural selection has generated spectral signatures of tropical trees
Source journal: Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing
Published in 2016
Effects of vegetation structure on the location of lion kill sites in African thicket
Vegetation strongly affects lion hunting behavior in South African ecosystems
Source paper in PLoS One.
PLoS One
Published in 2016
Tree species abundance predictions in a tropical agricultural landscape
Mapping tree species and their abundance across fragmented agricultural landscapes with CAO
Remote Sensing
Published in 2016
Hemiparasite-host plant interactions in a fragmented landscape assessed via imaging spectroscopy and LIDAR
Landscape fragmentation boosts mistletoe invasion in California oaks
Ecological Applications
Published in 2016
Liana canopy cover mapped throughout a tropical forest with high-fidelity imaging spectroscopy
Lianas mapped in tropical forest canopies using CAO technology
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2016
Organismic-scale remote sensing of canopy foliar traits in lowland tropical forests
Multiple rock-derived nutrients now mappable at tree crown resolutions using CAO imaging spectroscopy
Source: Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing
Published in 2016
Landslides in the Peruvian Andes: implications for topography, carbon, and biodiversity
Landslide dynamics generate biological and carbon stock diversity in the Andes
Earth Surface Dynamics
Published in 2016
Tropical soil nutrient distributions determined by biotic and hillslope processes
Soil nutrients follow fine topographic patterns in lowland Amazon forests
Biogeochemistry
Published in 2016
Rapid forest carbon assessments of oceanic islands
High-resolution forest carbon mapping goes operational for oceanic islands
Carbon Balance and Management
Published in 2016
Mapping subcanopy Psidium cattleianum invasion in Hawaiian forests
Imaging spectroscopy maps invasive species obscured by the rainforest canopy
Remote Sensing
Published in 2016
Progressive forest canopy water loss during the 2012-2015 California drought
Severe drought puts tens of millions of large trees at risk throughout California's forests
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2015
Spatially-explicit testing of a carbon density model in a western Amazonian forest using airborne LiDAR
Ecuadorian government successfully tests CAO LiDAR algorithms for carbon mapping in Yasuni National Park
Remote Sensing
Published in 2015
Multiple scales of control on the structure and spatial distribution of woody vegetation in African savanna watersheds
Woody vegetation patterns vary at multiple scales in African savanna watersheds
PLoS One
Published in 2015
Long-term fragmentation effects on the distribution and dynamics of canopy gaps in a tropical montane forest
Forest fragmentation alters ecological dynamics for more than a century following initial disturbance
Ecosphere
Published in 2015
Computer and remote-sensing infrastructure to enhance forest models
| The fusion of new remote sensing and forest modeling approaches can improve prediction and analysis of large-scale ecological responses to climate change |
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Published in 2015
Forest biophysical and biochemical properties from hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing
Review of imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR for studies of forests
Link to book
Full citation: Asner, G.P., S.L. Ustin, P.A. Townsend, R.E. Martin, and K.D. Chadwick. 2015. Forest biophysical and biochemical properties from hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing. Pages 429-448 in Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling and Mapping with Remote Sensing (P.S. Thenkabail, ed.), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping
Published in 2015
Ecosystem-scale effects of megafauna in African savannas
Elephants play a major role in controlling woody vegetation in African savannas
Ecography
Published in 2015
The impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation
Losses of large animals has radically changed the structure and functioning of ecosystems worldwide
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2015
Termite mounds alter the spatial distribution of African savanna tree species
Termites mediate where different tree species grow in African savannas
Journal of Biogeography
Published in 2015
Termite mounds and herbivores across savanna types, seasons and spatial scales
Termites affect the use of savannas by larger herbivores
Oikos
Published in 2015
Assessing tropical forest canopy diversity across a bioclimatic gradient
Follow-up to a recent analysis published by Somers and CAO team showing that gradients in tropical forest biodiversity can be mapped with airborne imaging spectroscopy.
IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium
Published in 2015
Mesoscale assessment of tropical forest canopy diversity across a bioclimatic gradient in Panama
A new way to map tropical forest canopy diversity from CAO will aid in developing future satellite missions
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2015
A viewshed analysis of heiau spatial and temporal relationships in Hawaii
3D imaging of temples (heiau) and their surrounding landscapes sheds new light on pre-historic societal development and religion in the Hawaiian Kingdom
Journal of Pacific Archeology
Published in 2015
Multi-method ensemble selection of spectral bands related to leaf biochemistry
A powerful technique for measuring plant chemistry with spectroscopy
Source: Remote Sensing of Environment
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2015
Operational tree species mapping in a diverse tropical forest with airborne imaging spectroscopy
Species mapping from the air goes operational in high-diversity Panamanian rainforests
PLoS ONE
Published in 2015
CAO Imaging Spectrometer Calibration and Validation Report 2015
2015 calibration and validation report for CAO-3 imaging spectrometers
Carnegie Institution for Science
Published in 2015
Habitat differences do not explain population declines of sable antelope in an African savanna
Airborne 3-D mapping to understand the decline of a rare and charismatic animal in Africa
Journal of Zoology
Published in 2015
Assessment of the mapping of fractional woody cover in southern African savannas using multi-temporal and polarimetric ALOS PALSAR L-band images
Satellite radar and airborne lidar map woody vegetation cover in African savannas
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2015
Primary succession on a Hawaiian dryland chronosequence
Fire plays an important role in shaping dryland forests in Hawaii
PLoS ONE
Published in 2015
Topographic controls on soil nitrogen availability in a lowland tropical forest
Terrain mediates nitrogen cycling in tropical forests
Ecology
Published in 10 June 2015
Landscape-scale controls on aboveground forest carbon stocks on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Topography controls high biomass conditions in Costa Rican rainforests
PLoS ONE
Published in 10 June 2015
Single-species detection with airborne imaging spectroscopy data: a comparison of support vector techniques
Different support vector machine methods map tree species with minimal field data
IEEE Journal of Selected Topical in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Published in 2015
Landscape biogeochemistry reflected in shifting distributions of chemical traits in the Amazon forest canopy
Unseen terrain alters forest chemistry in the lowland Amazon
Nature Geoscience
Published in 2015
Biomass increases go under cover: Woody vegetation dynamics in South African savannas
Land use has a bigger effect on savanna structure than previously mapped or measured.
PLoS ONE
Published in 2015
Savannah woody structure modelling and mapping using integrated multi-frequency (X-, C- and L-band) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data
CAO LiDAR used to calibrate satellite radar for vegetation mapping in Africa
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Published in 2015
Tracing the resilience and revitalization of historic taro production in Waipio Valley, Hawaii
Airborne LiDAR sheds light on the productivity of culturally important taro farms in historic Hawaiian culture
Journal of the Polynesian Society
Published in 2015
Spectroscopic remote sensing of non-structural carbohydrates in forest canopies
Mapping carbohydrates in plant canopies opens doors for climate change research on forests
Remote Sensing 7:3526-3547
Published in 2015
Regional-Scale Drivers of Forest Structure and Function in Northwestern Amazonia
Forest diversity is geographically linked to canopy structure and function in Northwestern Amazonia
PLoS ONE 10:e0119887
Published in 2015
Organismic remote sensing for tropical forest ecology
Which organisms contribute to the spatial patterns of spectral and functional diversity in tropical forests?
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 100:127-140.
Published in 2015
On the use of binary partition trees for the tree crown segmentation of tropical rainforest hyperspectral images
Individual trees "carved out" of hyperspectral remote sensing images using advanced techniques
Remote Sensing of Environment 159:318-331.
Published in 2015
Spatial variability in tropical forest leaf area density from multireturn LiDAR and modeling
The distribution of foliage throughout tropical forest canopies measured with airborne LiDAR
Journal of Geophysical Research 120:294-309
Published in 2015
What lies beneath: Detecting sub-canopy changes in savanna woodlands using a three-dimensional classification method
African savanna vegetation is highly dynamic in high-resolution laser imaging data
Applied Vegetation Science doi:10.1111/avsc.12160
Published in 2015
Observing terrestrial ecosystems and the carbon cycle from space
Remote sensing platforms are needed to drive global carbon models
Global Change Biology
Published in 2015
Demographic legacies of fire history in an African savanna
Vegetation structure is influenced by frequency of past fire cycles in African savannas
Functional Ecology 29:131-139
Published in 2015
Quantifying forest canopy foliar traits: imaging spectroscopy versus field survey
Tropical forest canopy chemistry accurately mapped from the air using laser-guided imaging spectroscopy
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2015
The functional and biological diversity of foliar spectra in tree canopies of the Andes to Amazon region
Leaf spectra track canopy traits along elevation and soil gradients in the Andes-Amazon region
Source: New Phytologist
New Phytologist
Published in 2014
Amazonian functional diversity from forest canopy chemical assembly
Canopy chemical traits changing in phylogenetically-mediated patterns on an elevation gradient in the Peruvian Amazon
Source: Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2014
Targeted carbon conservation at national scales with high-resolution monitoring
High-resolution carbon mapping at the country scale achieved, creating the novel data for land-use planning
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2014
Amazonian landscapes and the bias in field studies of forest structure and biomass
Ground plots of forest structure and biomass found biased, requiring remote sensing to fix problem
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2014
Advances in animal ecology from 3-D ecosystem mapping
LiDAR is a key tool to understand animal habitat use in 3-D
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Published in 2014
Linking imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR with floristic composition and forest structure in Panama
New patterns of tropical forest function and structure revealed using imaging spectroscopy with LiDAR
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2014
Monitoring plant invasions in Hawaiian rainforests through multi-temporal unmixing
Multi-temporal imaging spectroscopy locates invasive species in Hawaii
IGARSS 2014, IEEE, July 13-18 2014, Quebec, Canada.
Published in 2014
Woody cover assessments in a southern African savanna, using hyper-temporal C-band ASAR-WS data
RADAR and LiDAR combine to map vegetation structure in African savannas
IGARSS 2014, IEEE, July 13-18 2014, Quebec, Canada.
Published in 2014
Advanced modelling of savanna woody cover using multi-frequency (X-, C- and L-band) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) datasets
RADAR-LiDAR combinations reveal woody vegetation cover at high resolution in Africa
IGARSS 2014, IEEE, July 13-18 2014, Quebec, Canada.
Published in 2014
Centennial impacts of fragmentation on the canopy structure of tropical montane forest
A new LiDAR-based metric shows effect of forest fragmentation in Hawaii
Ecological Applications
Published in 2014
Trade-offs in seedling growth and survival within and across tropical forest microhabitats
Micro-topography filters seedling recruitment in tropical forests
Ecology and Evolution
Published in 2014
Mapping tropical forest canopy diversity using high-fidelity imaging spectroscopy
Imaging spectroscopy breaks biodiversity mapping barrier in Amazonia
Ecological Applications
Published in 2014
Microtopographic controls on lowland Amazonian canopy diversity from imaging spectroscopy
Microtopography controls community diversity in lowland tropical forests
Ecological Applications
Published in 2014
These are days of lasers in the jungle
Airborne LiDAR revolutionizes international carbon policy for climate change mitigation
Carbon Balance and Management
Published in 2014
The High-resolution Carbon Geography of Perú (English)
Peru's national carbon geography mapped with airborne LiDAR
Minuteman Press, Berkeley, CA. 64 pp. ISBN: 978-0-9913870-7-6 (English edition)
Published in 2014
The High-resolution Carbon Geography of Perú (Spanish)
Peru's national carbon geography mapped with airborne LiDAR
Minuteman Press, Berkeley, CA. 64 pp. ISBN: 978-0-9913870-6-9 (Spanish edition).
Published in 2014
Linking vegetation patterns to environmental gradients and human impacts in a mediterranean-type island ecosystem
Environment and prior land-use dominate California's vegetation patterns
Landscape Ecology
Published in 2014
Warming-related increases in soil CO2 efflux are explained by increased below-ground carbon flux
Tropical forest warming accelerates carbon processing with no impact on soil carbon storage
Nature Climate Change
Published in 2014
Ecosystem carbon storage does not vary with mean annual temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forests
Ecosystem carbon storage does not vary with temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane forests
Global Change Biology
Published in 2014
Resilience against exotic species invasion in a tropical montane forest
anopy disturbance and soil properties determine forest susceptibility to biological invasion
Journal of Vegetation Science
Published in 2014
Coexistence and environmental filtering of species-specific biomass in an African savanna
Environmental and biological filters drive species coexistence and biomass in African savannas
Ecology
Published in 2014
Carbon storage landscapes of lowland Hawaii: the role of native and invasive species through space and time
Invasive trees enhance forest carbon accumulation at the expense of native biodiversity
Ecological Applications
Published in 2014
Variable effects of termite mounds on African savanna grass communities across a rainfall gradient
Termite mounds subsidize African savannas with nutrients
Journal of Vegetation Science
Published in 2014
Spatial variability and abiotic determinants of termite mounds throughout a savanna catchment
Termite mounds contribute to savanna diversity in Africa
Ecography
Published in 2014
Linking rainforest ecophysiology and microclimate through fusion of airborne LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery
3-D microclimate models predict ecosystem functioning of a Hawaiian forest
Ecosphere
Published in 2014
Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance
Carbon uptake in Amazon forest outweight losses from tree mortality and disturbances
Nature Communications
Published in 2014
Tree species mapping in tropical forests using multi-temporal imaging spectroscopy: wavelength adaptive spectral mixture analysis
Plant phenology and canopy spectral traits are key factors for mapping forest composition
Int’l Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Published in 2014
Winners and losers in the competition for space in tropical forest canopies
Tree architecture and proximity matters during competition for canopy space in tropical forest
Ecology Letters 17(5):556-562
Published in 2014
Improving remotely sensed species identification through efficient training data collection
Imaging spectroscopy and appropriate field data opens new doors to study biodiversity
Remote Sensing 6:2682-2698.
Published in 2014
Mapping habitat suitability for at-risk plant species and its implications for restoration and reintroduction
Modeling habitat suitability with LiDAR reduces costs for endangered species management
Ecological Applications 24:385-395.
Published in 2014
Landscape-scale changes in forest structure and functional traits along an Andes-to-Amazon elevation gradient
Effects of elevation on Andean forests made clear using airborne techniques
Biogeosciences 11:843-856
Published in 2014
Savanna wood vegetation classification – now in 3D
New 3-D vegetation classifications proposed to emphasize different ecological traits
Applied Vegetation Science 17(1):172-184.
Published in 2014
A chemical-evolutionary basis for remote sensing of tropical forest diversity
Mapping species diversity require plant fingerprinting of canopy chemistry and structure
Ch. 12 in Forests and Global Change (D.A Coomes, D.F.R.P. Burslem, D. Simonson, eds.), Cambridge University Press.
Published in 2014
Extracting structural vegetation components from small-footprint waveform LiDAR for biomass estimation in savanna ecosystems
Airborne LiDAR indicates land-use impacts on African savanna biomass
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 7:480-490
Published in 2014
A tale of two “forests”: Random Forest machine learning aids tropical forest carbon mapping
A new algorithm improves carbon maps for climate change mitigation
PLoS ONE 9(1):e85993
Published in 2014
Landscape-scale variation in plant community composition of an African savanna from airborne species mapping
Airborne species mapping identifies new environmental determinants of savanna biodiversity
Ecological Applications 24:84-93.
Published in 2014
Mapping tropical forest carbon: Calibrating plot estimates to a simple LiDAR metric
LiDAR-assisted forest carbon monitoring is simplified by a general modeling approach
Remote Sensing of Environment 140:614-624.
Published in 2014
Management approaches of conservation areas: Differences in woody vegetation structure in a private and a national reserve
Large-scale human activities and megaherbivores drivesavanna structural change in Africa
South African Journal of Botany 90:146-152.
Published in 2014
Improving pantropical forest carbon maps with airborne LiDAR sampling
Regional and global carbon maps are greatly improved with airborne LiDAR
Carbon Management
Published in 2013
Uncertainty in the spatial distribution of tropical forest biomass: a comparison of pan-tropical maps
Uncertainties in the spatial distribution of biomass causes uncertainty for REDD+ activities
Carbon Balance and Management
Published in 2013
Elevated rates of gold mining in the Amazon revealed through high resolution monitoring
High-resolution mapping is essential for estimating the true impacts of gold mining
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2013
Hydrological networks and associated topographic variation as templates for the spatial organization of tropical forest vegetation
Hydrological networks and microtopography organize tropical forest vegetation
PLoS ONE
Published in 2013
Shaping post-orogenic landscapes by climate and chemical weathering
Erosion of savanna landscapes influenced by climate, vegetation, hydrology and geology
Geology
Published in 2013
Toward structural assessment of semi-arid African savannahs and woodlands: the potential of multitemporal polarimetric RADARSAT-2 fine beam images
An assessment of multiple remote sensing techniques for monitoring savanna vegetation
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2013
Polar grid fraction as an estimator of montane tropical forest canopy structure using airborne lidar
A new LiDAR technique developed to measure forest canopy structure
International Journal of Remote Sensing
Published in 2013
High-fidelity national carbon mapping for resource management and REDD+
LiDAR reveals strong environmental and human controls on Panama's national carbon stocks
Carbon Balance and Management
Published in 2013
Harvesting tree biomass at the stand level to assess the accuracy of field and airborne biomass estimation in savannas
Airborne LiDAR measures savanna biomass as accurately as cutting and weighing trees by hand
Ecological Applications
Published in 2013
Mesoscale exploration and conservation of tropical canopies in a changing climate
The Carnegie Airborne Observatory advances tropical forest conservation
Ch. 18 in Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology, editor M. Lowman et al. Spring-Verlag.
Published in 2013
Estimating vegetation beta diversity from airborne imaging spectroscopy and unsupervised clustering
A new remote sensing approach measures biodiversity when ground data are unavailable
Remote Sensing
Published in 2013
Forest canopy gap distributions in the Southern Peruvian Amazon
Lowland Amazonian forests undergo similar patterns of natural forest mortality
PLoS ONE
Published in 2013
Environmental and community controls on plant canopy chemistry in a mediterranean-type ecosystem
Plant community composition plays the biggest role in determining foliar chemical traits in a California ecosystem
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2013
Lion hunting behavior and vegetation structure in an African savanna
Vegetation structure affects the way male and female lions hunt in African savannas
Animal Behaviour
Published in 2013
Multiple dimensions of resource limitation in tropical forests
Large datasets can illuminate our understanding of tropical forest function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2013
Geography of forest disturbance
Tropical forest disturbances occur along a continuum of spatial and temporal scales
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2013
The why, what and how of monitoring for conservation
New synthesis on how to perform scientifically robust conservation monitoring
In Key Topics in Conservation Biology. D.W. Macdonald, K.J. Willis, editors. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Published in 2013
Observing changing ecological diversity in the Anthropocene
New remote sensing techniques enable rapid mapping and identification of species
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Published in 2013
Biological diversity mapping comes of age
Biodiversity mapping is going mainstream with new technologies
Remote Sensing
Published in 2013
Unsustainable fuelwood extraction from South African savannas
Levels of fuelwood extraction in South Africa are unsustainable at current rates
Environmental Research Letters
Published in 2013
Contrasting chemical traits in tropical lianas and trees: implications for future forest composition
Tropical canopy lianas have unique chemical traits compared to their host tree canopies
Source: Ecology Letters
Ecology Letters
Published in 2012
Sources of canopy chemical and spectral diversity in lowland Bornean forest
Canopy chemical traits and spectroscopy of the highest diversity forest in Borneo
Source: Ecosystems
Ecosystems
Published in 2012
The rate and spatial pattern of treefall in a savanna landscape
Treefall patterns are highly variable, and mostly dependent upon elephants and fire, in African savanna
Biological Conservation
Published in 2012
Landscape-scale effects of herbivores on treefall in African savannas
Elephants are the main cause of tree mortality in an African savanna
Ecology Letters
Published in 2012
Mapping savanna tree species at ecosystem scales using support vector machine classification and BRDF correction on airborne hyperspectral and LiDAR data
African savanna tree species identified and mapped using a fusion of airborne LiDAR and imaging spectroscopy
Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
LiDAR measurements of canopy structure predict spatial distribution of a tropical mature forest primate
Airborne LiDAR identifies preferred tree canopy habitats of a tropical primate in Perú
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2012
Spatial patterns in the effects of fire on savanna vegetation three-dimensional structure
Fire frequency in savanna ecosystems affects tree density and height in spatially complex ways
Ecological Applications
Published in 2012
High-resolution mapping of forest carbon stocks in the Colombian Amazon
Carbon stocks mapped in huge region of Colombian Amazon using airborne LiDAR
Biogeosciences
Published in 2012
Impacts of communal fuel wood extraction on LiDAR-estimated biomass patterns of savanna woodlands
African rural communities are extracting fuelwood from savannas at an unsustanable pace, indicating the need for affordable energy alternatives
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Published in 2012
Binary partition tree as a hyperspectral segmentation tool for tropical rainforests
New methods developed to segment hyperspectral images
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Published in 2012
Shape-based unmixing for forest and agro-ecosystem monitoring
New simulation-based methods improve hyperspectral data analysis
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
Carnegie Airborne Observatory-2: Increasing science data dimensionality via high-fidelity multi-sensor fusion
Carnegie Airborne Observatory-2 unveiled and analyzed in the context of 3-D imaging spectroscopy of the biosphere
Source: Remote Sensing of Environment
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2012
Hyperspectral time series analysis of native and invasive species in Hawaiian rainforests
Invasive and native tree species mapped in Hawaii using hyperspectral imagery
Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
Mapping tree species composition in South African savannas using an integrated airborne spectral and LiDAR system
African savanna tree species mapped using hyperspectral and LiDAR imagery
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2012
Tree species discrimination in tropical forests using airborne imaging spectroscopy
Tree species accurately mapped in tropical forest using airborne hyperspectral imagery
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
Semi-supervised methods to identify individual crowns of lowland tropical canopy species using imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR
Hawaiian trees mapped using hyperspectral classification techniques
Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
A robust signal processing chain for small-footprint waveform LiDAR
New processing methods for airborne LiDAR
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
Automated extraction of image-based endmember bundles for improved spectral unmixing
New automated method for hyperspectral data analysis
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
Topo-edaphic controls over woody biomass in South African savannas using airborne LiDAR
Fire, herbivory, and environment shape carbon storage in African savanna
Biogeosciences
Published in 2012
Classification of savanna tree species, in the Greater Kruger National Park region, by integrating hyperspectral and LiDAR data in a Random Forest data mining environment
Hyperspectral and LiDAR data combined to map tree species across an African savanna
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Published in 2012
Fusing small-footprint waveform LiDAR and hyperspectral data for canopy-level species classification and herbaceous biomass modeling in savanna ecosystems
Fused spectral and LiDAR data used to map grasses in savannas
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Published in 2012
Scale-dependence of aboveground carbon accumulation in secondary forests of Panama: A test of the intermediate peak hypothesis
Carbon stocks accumulate rapidly in tropical secondary forests, with peak carbon accumuation dependent upon the scale of measurement.
Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2012
Environmental filtering and land-use history drive patterns in biomass accumulation in a mediterranean-type landscape
Land use history, disturbance, and population dynamics control biomass patterns in Californian ecosystem
Ecological Applications
Published in 2012
Roads increase woody cover under varying geological, rainfall and fire regimes in African savanna
Roads increase neighboring woody cover in an African Savanna
Journal of Arid Environments
Published in 2012
Human and environmental controls over aboveground carbon storage in Madagascar
Remote forests of Madagascar mapped with airborne LiDAR
Carbon Balance and Management
Published in 2012
Building and testing models of long-term agricultural intensification and population dynamics: A case study from the Leeward Kohala Field System, Hawai’i
New models of agricultural expansion and intensification in prehistoric Hawaii
Ecological Modelling
Published in 2012
A universal airborne LiDAR approach for tropical forest carbon mapping
New universal LiDAR approach reported for mapping carbon in tropical forests
Oecologia
Published in 2012
Spectroscopy of canopy chemicals in humid tropical forests
A global analysis to test spectroscopic remote sensing of foliar and canopy chemistry
Source: Remote Sensing of Environment
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2011
Canopy phylogenetic, chemical and spectral assembly in a lowland Amazon forest
First linkage between canopy phylogeny, chemical traits, and spectral properties in a forested landscape
Source: New Phytologist
New Phytologist
Published in 2011
Spectroscopic classification of tropical forest species using radiative transfer modeling
New method for mapping species using spectroscopy and radiative transfer models
Source: Remote Sensing of Environment
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2011
Taxonomy and remote sensing of leaf mass per area (LMA) in humid tropical forests
Diversity and spectroscopy of Leaf Mass per Area (LMA) in tropical forests worldwide
Source: Ecological Applications
Ecological Applications
Published in 2011
Optimizing spectral indices and chemometric analysis of leaf chemical properties using radiative transfer modeling
Improved indices for spectral remote sensing of canopy foliar chemistry
Source: Remote Sensing of Environment
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2011
Predicting tropical plant physiology from leaf and canopy spectroscopy
Remote sensing of leaf and canopy physiology via their chemical traits
Source: Oecologia
Oecologia
Published in 2011
Human-modified landscapes: patterns of fine-scale woody vegetation structure in communal savanna rangelands
Precipitation and human population drive ecological patterns in African savanna
Environmental Conservation
Published in 2011
Regularization of discriminant analysis for the study of biodiversity in humid tropical forests
Test of available methods for mapping tree species in a humid tropical forest with imaging spectroscopy
3rd Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing. Lisbon, Portugal
Published in 2011
Agricultural development in Hawaii: the leeward Kohala field system
Airborne remote sensing sheds light on expansion and intensification of Polynesian agriculture in prehistoric Hawaii
Journal of Archeological Research
Published in 2011
Evaluating uncertainty in mapping forest carbon with airborne LiDAR
LiDAR-based estimates of tropical forest carbon stocks are as good as field-based estimates
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2011
Remote analysis of biological invasion and the impact of enemy release
Unexpected plant-animal feedbacks to dry forest management in Hawaii
Ecological Applications
Published in 2011
The magnitude and variability of soil-surface CO2 efflux increase with temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forest
Increasing temperature drives carbon emissions from soils in Hawaiian rainforest
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Published in 2011
Dependence of forest canopy structure and dynamics on substrate age and ecosystem development
Soils mediate rates of forest canopy change in the tropics
Ecosystems
Published in 2011
High-resolution carbon mapping on the million-hectare Island of Hawaii
Carbon stocks mapped across 23 'global' ecosystems covering Hawaii Island
Frontiers in Ecology and Environment
Published in 2011
Airborne lidar survey of irrigated agricultural landscapes: an application of the slope contrast method
High-resolution LiDAR maps pre-historic agricultural fields in humid tropical forest
Journal of Archaeological Science
Published in 2011
Controls over aboveground forest carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Topography mediates geography of forest carbon stocks in Panama
Biogeosciences
Published in 2011
Optimizing tree-species classification in hyperspectral images
Hyperspectral remote sensing maps 8 tree species in an African savanna
Proceedings of the 21st Annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa, November 22-23 2010, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Published in 2011
Mapping savanna tree species using new visible-near infrared multispectral configuration
New hyperspectral appraoch maps species across African savanna
Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment, Sydney.
Published in 2011
Remote Sensing: Invasive Species
Novel remote sensing approaches are changing invasive species management
Pages 580-584 in Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions (eds: D. Simberloff and M. Rajmenak), University of California Press, Berkeley.
Published in 2011
Polarimetric RADARSAT-2 C-band SAR imagery to map woody vegetation structure in African savannas
Satellite and airborne remote sensing disagree on savanna structure
Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment, Sydney.
Published in 2011
Spectral classification of savanna tree species, in the Greater Kruger National Park Region using Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) integrated hyperspectral and LiDAR data
Imaging spectroscopy yields new maps of tree species identity in Africa
1st AfricaGEO Conference, Cape Town.
Published in 2011
SAR-to-LiDAR mapping for tree volume prediction in the Kruger National Park
Airborne remote sensing improves satellite-based estimates of tree structure in an African savanna
Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Published in 2011
A comparison of signal deconvolution algorithms based on small-footprint LiDAR waveform simulation
New waveform LiDAR techniques improved for environmental mapping
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Published in 2011
Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa – LiDAR results
African villages play major role in restructuring savanna ecosystems
Proceedings of the International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment, Sydney, Australia.
Published in 2011
Impact of communal land use and conservation on woody vegetation structure in the Lowveld savannas of South Africa
Land use alters savanna vegetation structure in southern Africa
Forest Ecology and Management
Published in 2011
Brightness-normalized partial least squares regression for hyperspectral data
Method to increase the accuracy of chemical spectroscopy applied to plant foliage
Source: J. Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Published in 2010
High-resolution carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon
First high-resolution mapping of forest carbon stocks and emissions in the tropics
Published in
Regional insight into savanna hydrogeomorphology from termite mounds
Remotely sensed termite mounds foretell impacts of climate change on savannas
Nature Communications
Published in 2010
Large-scale effects of fire on woody vegetation structure in African savanna
Altered fire management has major impact on savanna 3-D structure
Ecological Applications
Published in 2010
Long-term effects of fragmentation and fragment properties on bird species richness in Hawaiian forests
est fragmentation alters bird populations in Hawaiian mountains
Biological Conservation
Published in 2010
Remote sensing of fractional cover and biochemistry in savannas
New remote sensing techniques are changing how ecosystems are mapping and monitored
Chapter 10 in Hill, M.J. and N.P. Hanan, eds. Ecosystem function in savannas: measurement and modeling at landscape to global scales. CRC Press.
Published in 2010
The spatial extent of termite influences on herbivore browsing in an African savanna
Termites have huge effect on savannas, well beyond their mounds
Biological Conservation
Published in 2010
Improving discrimination of savanna tree species through a multiple endmember spectral-angle-mapper (SAM) approach: canopy level analysis
Spectral-angle mapping improves species recognitiion in remote sensing data
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Published in 2010
Top-down analysis of forest structure and biogeochemistry across Hawaiian landscapes
Forest structure and biogeochemistry mapped in Hawaiian mountain forests
Pacific Science
Published in 2010
Leaf chemical and spectral diversity in Australian tropical forests
Canopy traits and spectra for the Australian Wet Tropics
Source: Ecological Applications
Ecological Applications
Published in 2009
LiDAR waveform-based woody and foliar biomass estimation in savanna environments
High-resolution airborne laser scanners produce precision estimates of of tree biomass in an African savanna
Silvilaser 2009, College Station, Texas USA.
Published in 2009
Landscape-level variation in forest structure and biogeochemistry across a substrate age gradient in Hawaii
Soils alter forest structure and function over large areas of Hawaiian forest
Ecology
Published in 2009
Convergent structural responses of tropical forests to diverse disturbance regimes
Distant tropical forests have similar architecture and structural processes
Ecology Letters
Published in 2009
Tropical forest carbon assessment: integrating satellite and airborne mapping approaches
A new approach paves way for tropical forest carbon mapping
Environmental Research Letters
Published in 2009
Large-scale impacts of herbivores on the structural diversity of African savannas
Elephants drive major change in savanna structure in Kruger National Park
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2009
Effects of Morella faya tree invasion on aboveground carbon storage in Hawaii
Invasive tree alters forest carbon storage in Hawaii
Biological Invasions
Published in 2009
The relative influence of fire and herbivory on savanna three-dimensional vegetation structure
Herbivores trump fire in determining savanna vegetation structure in Africa
Biological Conservation
Published in 2009
Applications of remote sensing to alien invasive plant studies
New remote sensing approaches support invasive species research and conservation
Sensors
Published in 2009
Tree cover, tree height and bare soil cover differences along a land use degradation gradient in semi-arid savannas, South Africa
Land use severely degraded African savanna in some regions
Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS-2009), Cape Town, South Africa.
Published in 2009
Connecting the dots between laser waveforms and herbaceous biomass for assessment of land degradation using small-footprint waveform lidar data
LiDAR offers a more efficient and accurate way to map herbaceous biomass than field work in savannas
Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS-2009), Cape Town, South Africa.
Published in 2009
Environmental and biotic controls over aboveground biomass throughout a tropical rain forest
Elevation and invasion alter Hawaiian forest carbon stocks
Ecosystems
Published in 2009
Detailed structural characterization of the savanna flux site at Skukuza, South Africa
Airborne remote sensing constrains CO2 flux measurements in African savanna
Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS-2009), Cape Town, South Africa.
Published in 2009
Three-dimensional woody vegetation structure across different land-use types and land-use intensities in a semi-arid savanna.
Airborne mapping reveals savanna 3-D vegetation structure
Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS-2009), Cape Town, South Africa.
Published in 2009
Spectral variability within species and its effects on savanna tree species discrimination
Savanna tree species mapped using remote sensing data
Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS-2009), Cape Town, South Africa.
Published in 2009
Characterizing canopy biochemistry from imaging spectroscopy and its application to ecosystem studies
Canopy chemistry, a key determinant of ecosystem function, is measured from airborne mapping systems.
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2009
Retrieval of quantitative and qualitative information about plant pigment systems from high resolution spectroscopy
Retrieval of quantitative and qualitative information about plant pigment systems from high resolution spectroscopy.
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2009
Airborne spectranomics: Mapping canopy chemical and taxonomic diversity in tropical forests
New Spectranomics project sets course on mapping tropical forest function and diversity
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Published in 2009
Spectral and chemical analysis of tropical forests: Scaling from leaf to canopy levels
Forest chemical properties revealed in imaging spectroscopy
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2008
Using LiDAR to establish a stream gauging network in a tropical experimental forest: What works and what doesn’t
LiDAR helps map streams in a tropical forest.
In David Maidment (Editor) GIS and Water Resources V. AWRA
Published in 2008
Biogeochemical diversity of tropical forests
Remote sensing solutions to biogeochemical complexity in tropical forests
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Published in 2008
Hyperspectral remote sensing of canopy chemistry, physiology and diversity in tropical rainforests
Imaging spectroscopy probes canopy diversity and function in tropical rainforests
Chapter 12 in Hyperspectral remote sensing of tropical and subtropical forests. M. Kalacska and G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa (eds.) Taylor and Francis Group.
Published in 2008
Invasive species detection in Hawaiian rainforests using airborne imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR
CAO maps invasive tree species in Hawaii
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2008
Hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing of fire fuels in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Fire fuel loads are measured across Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Ecological Applications
Published in 2008
Remote sensing of native and invasive species in Hawaiian forests
Remote mapping of native and invasive species aids in conservation of Hawaiian forests
Remote Sensing of Environment
Published in 2008
Invasive plants alter 3-D structure of rainforests
Invasive species alter 3-D structure of tropical and sub-tropical forests
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published in 2008
Multi-trophic invasion resistance in Hawaii: bioacoustics, field surveys and airborne remote sensing
Remote sensing and bioacoustics reveal how native bird species may slow biological invasion
Ecological Applications
Published in 2007
Computing for analysis and modeling of hyperspectral imagery
High performance computing is developed for high resolution remote sensing data
Chapter 6 in A. Plaza and C.I. Chang (eds.) High Performance Computing for Remote Sensing. Chapman and Hall Press, New York. ISBN: 1584886625
Published in 2007
Biological invasion alters regional N-oxide emissions from tropical rainforests.
Invasion of native Hawaiian forests by nitrogen fixing tree species increases nitrogen emissions to the atmosphere
Global Change Biology
Published in 2007
Hyperspectral remote sensing of canopy biodiversity in Hawaiian lowland rainforests
New spectroscopic remote sensing approach maps canopy species richness in lowland rainforest
Ecosystems 10:536-549
Published in 2007
Carnegie Airborne Observatory: in-flight fusion of hyperspectral imaging and waveform light detection and ranging (with LiDAR) for three-dimensional studies of ecosystems
The Carnegie Airborne Observatory is born
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 1:013536.
Published in 2007