Despite several efforts to quantify the effectiveness of forest certification in developing
sustainable use of forest resources, there is little evidence that certified forests are more …

The range-wide habitat status of many endangered species is unclear. We evaluated the
status and spatial distribution of the habitat of the endangered giant panda (Ailuropoda …

Green leaf area index (LAI) is an important variable for climate modeling, estimates of
primary production, agricultural yield forecasting, and many other diverse applications …

Sustainable management of tropical forests has been identified as one of the main
objectives for conservation of global biodiversity and management of carbon stocks. To …

We present the Moment Distance (MD) method to advance spectral analysis in vegetation
studies. It was developed to take advantage of the information latent in the shape of the …

Tropical deforestation is leading not only to losses of biodiversity but also to regional losses
of vegetation productivity. However, in many areas the deforestation process is usually …

Development of effective, long-term plans to conserve and manage biodiversity requires an
understanding of the distribution, diversity, and abundance of species in both protected and …

Sustainable management of tropical forests has been identified as one of the main
objectives for conservation and management of carbon stocks. Thus, managers need tools …

Long-term global tropical forest trends are limited in their capacity to assess ecosystem
changes due to human impacts and climatic events. Two main limitations for national …

Biodiversity (BD), which is variability of living organisms, needs our attention for two
reasons. First, it proffers a wide range of indirect benefits to humans. Second, human …