A geospatial data integration framework for mapping and monitoring tropical landscape diversity in Costa Rica's San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor

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dc.creatorSesnie, Steven E.
dc.date2014-10-20T03:57:55Z
dc.date2014-10-20T03:57:55Z
dc.date2006
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-30T20:19:18Z
dc.descriptionTesis (Ph. D.) -- CATIE. Escuela de Posgrado, Turrialba (Costa Rica), University of Idaho, 2006
dc.descriptionLandcover change has substantially reduced the amount of tropical rain forests since the 1950s. Little is known about the extent of remaining forest types. A multivariate analysis of 144 forest plots across Costa Rica's San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor resulted in eight floristically defined old-growth forest categories. Spectral separability was tested between categories using Landsat TM bands and vegetation indices for old-growth types, palm swamps, tree plantations and regrowth. Image filtering and NDVI increased spectral separability among categories by 30 per cent. Separability tests resulted in seven well-discriminated forest categories. Factors driving forest beta-diversity are not well quantified for wet tropical environments. We examined the relationship between rain forest composition and environmental variation for a 3000 km2 area in northeastern Costa Rica.
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dc.identifier370263
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/4365
dc.identifierhttp://orton.catie.ac.cr/repdoc/A1315i/A1315i.pdf
dc.identifierTurrialba (Costa Rica)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/351587
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica)
dc.subjectSISTEMAS DE INFORMACION TELEDETECCION
dc.subjectSISTEMAS DE INFORMACION GEOGRAFICA
dc.subjectTRATAMIENTO DE IMAGENES
dc.subjectPROCESAMIENTO DE INFORMACION
dc.subjectANALISIS DE DATOS
dc.subjectBIODIVERSIDAD
dc.subjectPAISAJE
dc.subjectCOBERTURA DE SUELOS
dc.subjectCOBERTURA DE SUELOS
dc.subjectVIGILANCIA AMBIENTAL
dc.subjectBOSQUE TROPICAL HUMEDO
dc.subjectCOSTA RICA
dc.titleA geospatial data integration framework for mapping and monitoring tropical landscape diversity in Costa Rica's San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor
dc.typeTesis de doctorado

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