Monitoring lianas from space: Using Sentinel-2 imagery to observe liana removal in logged tropical forests

• Main Authors: C. Finlayson, M.G. Hethcoat, P.G. Cannon, R.G. Bryant, K.M. Yusah, D.P. Edwards, R.P. Freckleton
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: QK1-474.5 General Including geographical distribution; QK900-989 Plant ecology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42051/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42051/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42051/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121648

Liana removal – the cutting of over-abundant woody climbing plants (lianas) – has the potential to substantially increase tree growth and biomass accumulation across millions of hectares of degraded tropical forest. Satellite imagery could provide data capable of observing the effect of liana remova...