Estimating aboveground biomass in forest and oil palm plantation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo using ALOS PALSAR data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1786-1798

  Morel, Alexandra C ^a   Saatchi, Sassan S ^b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Berry, Nicholas J ^c   Banin, Lindsay ^d   Burslem, David ^e   Nilus, Reuben ^f   Ong, Robert C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Ecometrica   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; ALOS PALSAR; Borneo; Land cover monitoring; Oil palm

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ALOS-PALSAR; BORNEO; LAND COVER; OIL PALM;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALOS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACKSCATTER; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; STAND STRUCTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FORECASTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PALMS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SABAH; SATELLITES; VEGETABLE OIL;

EAST MALAYSIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ELAEIS;

EID: 80052775647     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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