A framework for estimating forest disturbance intensity from successive remotely sensed biomass maps: moving beyond average biomass loss estimates

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• 作者：T. C. Hill ; C. M. Ryan ; M. Williams
• 关键词：Deforestation ; Forest ; Degradation ; Disturbance ; Intensity ; Biomass ; REDD ; Satellite ; Remote sensing ; Carbon
• 刊名：Carbon Balance and Management
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：10
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2,133 KB
• 刊物主题：Environmental Management; Ecosystems; Forestry;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1750-0680

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Background The success of satellites in mapping deforestation has been invaluable for improving our understanding of the impacts and nature of land cover change and carbon balance. However, current satellite approaches struggle to quantify the intensity of forest disturbance, i.e. whether the average rate of biomass loss for a region arises from heavy disturbance focused in a few locations, or the less severe disturbance of a wider area. The ability to distinguish between these, very different, disturbance regimes remains critical for forest managers and ecologists.