Professor Ruben Valbuena
Athro er Anrhydedd

Aelodaeth
Contact info
Room: G19, Thoday Building, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University
Email: r.valbuena@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1248 38 2445
Web: GoogleScholar, ResearchGate, Publons
My work consists in the use of big data to answer ecological questions at the ecosystem community and landscape levels. I use remote sensing data, LIDAR in particular, due to its great potential for analysing structural and morphological traits of ecosystems, and thus estimate carbon stocks, ecosystem services, or habitat suitability for species. During the last seven years, I have pioneer adaptations of methods based on Lorenz curves to forest science and remote sensing; work awarded with the International Union of Forest Researchers (IUFRO) 2019’s Outstanding Doctoral Research Award.
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Gini coefficient predictions from airborne lidar remote sensing display the effect of management intensity on forest structure
Valbuena, R., Eerikäinen, K., Packalen, P. & Maltamo, M., Ion 2016, Yn: Ecological Indicators. 60, t. 574-585 12 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources
Valbuena, R., O'Connor, B., Zellweger, F., Simonson, W., Vihervaara, P., Maltamo, M., Silva, C. A., Almeida, D. R. A., Danks, F., Morsdorf, F., Chirici, G., Lucas, R., Coomes, D. A. & Coops, N. C., 1 Awst 2020, Yn: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 35, 8, t. 656-667Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Partial least squares for discriminating variance components in global navigation satellite systems accuracy obtained under scots pine canopies
Valbuena, R., Mauro, F., Rodríguez-Solano, R. & Manzanera, J. A., 2012, Yn: Forest Science. 58, 2, t. 139-153 15 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Accuracy and precision of GPS receivers under forest canopies in a mountainous environment [Exactitud y precisiońn de receptores GPS bajo cubiertas forestales en ambientes montañosos]
Valbuena, R., Mauro, F., Rodriguez-Solano, R. & Manzanera, J. A., 2010, Yn: Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. 8, 4, t. 1047-1057 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Enhancing of accuracy assessment for forest above-ground biomass estimates obtained from remote sensing via hypothesis testing and overfitting evaluation
Valbuena, R., Hernando, A., Manzanera, J. A., Gorgens, E. B., Almeida, D. R. A., Mauro, F., Garcia-Abril, A. & Coomes, D. A., 24 Rhag 2017, Yn: Ecological Modelling. 366, t. 15-26Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sensitivity of Above-Ground Biomass Estimates to Height-Diameter Modelling in Mixed-Species West African Woodlands
Valbuena, R., Heiskanen, J., Aynekulu, E., Pitkänen, S. & Packalen, P., 1 Gorff 2016, Yn: PLoS ONE. 11, 7, t. e0158198Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Classification of multilayered forest development classes from low-density national airborne lidar datasets
Valbuena, R., Maltamo, M. & Packalen, P., Awst 2016, Yn: Forestry. 89, 4, t. 392-401 10 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Evaluating observed versus predicted forest biomass: R-squared, index of agreement or maximal information coefficient?
Valbuena, R., Hernando, A., Manzanera, J. A., Gorgens, E. B., Alves de Almeida, D. R., Silva, C. A. & Garcia-Abril, A., 31 Mai 2019, Yn: European Journal of Remote Sensing. 52, 1, t. 345-358 14 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Canonical correlation analysis for interpreting airborne laser scanning metrics along the lorenz curve of tree size inequality
Valbuena, R., Packalen, P., Tokola, T. & Maltamo, M., 2014, Yn: Baltic Forestry. 20, 2, t. 326-332 7 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Classification of forest development stages from national low-density lidar datasets: A comparison of machine learning methods [Clasificación de etapas de desarrollo forestal a partir de datos de vuelos lidar nacionales de baja densidad: Comparación de métodos de aprendizaje automático]
Valbuena, R., Maltamo, M. & Packalen, P., 1 Chwef 2016, Yn: Revista de Teledeteccion. 45, Special Issue, t. 15-25 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Within-species benefits of back-projecting airborne laser scanner and multispectral sensors in monospecific pinus sylvestris forests
Valbuena, R., De-Blas, A., Martín-Fernández, S., Maltamo, M., Nabuurs, G.-J. & Manzanera, J. A., 2013, Yn: European Journal of Remote Sensing. 46, 1, t. 491-509 19 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Characterizing forest structural types and shelterwood dynamics from Lorenz-based indicators predicted by airborne laser scanning
Valbuena, R., Packalen, P., Mehtätalo, L., García-Abril, A. & Maltamo, M., 2013, Yn: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 43, 11, t. 1063-1074 12 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Key structural features of Boreal forests may be detected directly using L-moments from airborne lidar data
Valbuena, R., Maltamo, M., Mehtatalo, L. & Packalen, P., 1 Meh 2017, Yn: Remote Sensing of Environment. 194, t. 437-446Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Mapping wood production in European forests
Verkerk, P. J., Levers, C., Kuemmerle, T., Lindner, M., Valbuena, R., Verburg, P. H. & Zudin, S., 1 Rhag 2015, Yn: Forest Ecology and Management. 357, t. 228-238Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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How to integrate remotely sensed data and biodiversity for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale
Vihervaara, P., Mononen, L., Auvinen, A.-P., Virkkala, R., Lu, Y., Pippuri, I., Packalen, P., Valbuena, R. & Valkama, J., Maw 2015, Yn: Landscape Ecology. 30, 3, t. 501-516Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tighten the Bolts and Nuts on GPP Estimations from Sites to the Globe: An Assessment of Remote Sensing Based LUE Models and Supporting Data Fields
Wang, Z., Liu, S., Wang, Y.-P., Valbuena, R., Wu, Y., Kutia, M., Zheng, Y., Lu, W., Zhu, Y., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Gao, H., Feng, S. & Shi, Y., 6 Ion 2021, Yn: Remote Sensing. 13, 2, 168.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Impacts of selective logging on Amazon forest canopy structure and biomass with a LiDAR and photogrammetric survey sequence
d'Oliveira, M. V. N., Figueiredo, E. O., Almeida, D. R. A. D., Oliveira, L. C., Silva, C. A., Nelson, B. W., Cunha, R. M. D., Papa, D. D. A., Stark, S. C. & Valbuena, R., 15 Tach 2021, Yn: Forest Ecology and Management. 500, 119648.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
Optimizing the remote detection of tropical rainforest structure with airborne lidar: Leaf area profile sensitivity to pulse density and spatial sampling
de Almeida, D. R. A., Stark, S. C., Shao, G., Schietti, J., Nelson, B. W., Silva, C. A., Gorgens, E. B., Valbuena, R., Papa, D. D. A. & Brancalion, P. H. S., 7 Ion 2019, Yn: Remote Sensing. 11, 1, 92.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A new era in forest restoration monitoring
de Almeida, D. R. A., Stark, S. C., Valbuena, R., Broadbent, E. N., Silva, T. S. F., de Resende, A. F., Ferreira, M. P., Cardil, A., Silva, C. A., Amazonas, N., Zambrano, A. M. A. & Brancalion, P. H. S., 30 Ion 2020, Yn: Restoration Ecology. 28, 1, t. 8-11 4 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid