Tropical landscapes are, in general, a mosaic of pasture, agriculture, and forest undergoing
various stages of succession. Forest succession is comprised of continuous structural …

Remote sensing techniques are being increasingly applied to investigate soil
characteristics. Here we propose an approach that allows the detection of salt-affected soils …

Increasing climate variability and extreme weather conditions along with declining trends in
both rainfall and temperature represent major risk factors affecting agricultural production …

In the context of climate change mitigation mechanisms for avoiding deforestation, ie,
reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), comprehensive …

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) features have been demonstrated that they have the
potentiality to improve forest above ground biomass (AGB) estimation accuracy, especially …

Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem-service provision will increasingly depend on the
existence of secondary vegetation. Our success in achieving these goals will be determined …

Achieving the 2° C global warming target will require all stakeholders, from local to global, to
accelerate carbon reduction plans. To properly estimate carbon amounts sequestered and …

Single, interferometric dual, and quad-polarization mode data were evaluated for the
characterization and classification of seven land use classes in an area with shifting …

Abstract Knowledge of the spatial patterns of successional stages (ie, primary and
secondary forest) in tropical forests allows to monitor forest preservation, mortality and …

Caatinga is a dry forest, which occupies almost one million square kilometers in the
Brazilian territory, representing more than 11% of the territory. However because of the …