Global humid tropics forest structural condition and forest structural integrity maps
Autor: | Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá, Scott C. Atkinson, Anne L. S. Virnig, Oscar Venter, Christina Supples, Kevin Barnett, Matthew C. Hansen, Jamison Ervin, P. J. Burns, James E. M. Watson, Patrick Jantz, Scott J. Goetz, Rafael Xavier De Camargo, Linda B. Phillips, Andrew J. Hansen |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Canopy Statistics and Probability Conservation of Natural Resources Data Descriptor Index (economics) 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Biodiversity Library and Information Sciences Forests 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Ecosystem services Education Tropical climate lcsh:Science Macroecology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography Tropical Climate geography.geographical_feature_category Agroforestry Conservation biology Structural integrity Forestry Old-growth forest Computer Science Applications Disturbance (ecology) Remote Sensing Technology lcsh:Q Statistics Probability and Uncertainty Information Systems |
Zdroj: | Scientific Data Scientific Data, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019) |
ISSN: | 2052-4463 |
Popis: | Remotely sensed maps of global forest extent are widely used for conservation assessment and planning. Yet, there is increasing recognition that these efforts must now include elements of forest quality for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Such data are not yet available globally. Here we introduce two data products, the Forest Structural Condition Index (SCI) and the Forest Structural Integrity Index (FSII), to meet this need for the humid tropics. The SCI integrates canopy height, tree cover, and time since disturbance to distinguish short, open-canopy, or recently deforested stands from tall, closed-canopy, older stands typical of primary forest. The SCI was validated against estimates of foliage height diversity derived from airborne lidar. The FSII overlays a global index of human pressure on SCI to identify structurally complex forests with low human pressure, likely the most valuable for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. These products represent an important step in maturation from conservation focus on forest extent to forest stands that should be considered “best of the last” in international policy settings. Measurement(s)forested areaTechnology Type(s)digital curationSample Characteristic - Environmentforest biomeSample Characteristic - LocationSouth America • Africa • Asia Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9885341 |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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