Professor Ruben Valbuena

Athro er Anrhydedd

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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  2. Diversity and equitability ordering profiles applied to study forest structure

    Valbuena, R., Packalén, P., Martín-Fernández, S. & Maltamo, M., 2012, Yn: Forest Ecology and Management. 276, t. 185-195 11 t.

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  3. Effects of plot size, stand density, and scan density on the relationship between airborne laser scanning metrics and the Gini coefficient of tree size inequality

    Adnan, S., Maltamo, M., Coomes, D. A. & Valbuena, R., Rhag 2017, Yn: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47, 12, t. 1590-1602

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  4. 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. 15-26

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    Estimation of forest biomass components using airborne LiDAR and multispectral sensors

    Hernando, A., Puerto, L., Mola-Yudego, B., Antonio Manzanera, J., Garcia-Abril, A., Maltamo, M. & Valbuena, R., 30 Ebr 2019, Yn: iForest. 12, t. 207-213

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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.

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    Evaluating tropical forest classification and field sampling stratification from lidar to reduce effort and enable landscape monitoring

    Papa, D. D. A., Almeida, D. R. A. D., Silva, C. A., Figueiredo, E. O., Stark, S. C., Valbuena, R., Rodriguez, L. C. E. & Oliveira, M. V. N. D., 1 Chwef 2020, Yn: Forest Ecology and Management. 457, 117634.

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  8. Forest canopy height retrieval using LiDAR data, medium-resolution satellite imagery and kNN estimation in Aberfoyle, Scotland

    McInerney, D. O., Suarez-Minguez, J., Valbuena, R. & Nieuwenhuis, M., Ebr 2010, Yn: Forestry. 83, 2, t. 195-206 12 t.

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    ForestGapR: An r Package for forest gap analysis from canopy height models

    Silva, C. A., Valbuena, R., Pinage, E. R., Mohan, M., Alves de Almeida, D. R., Broadbent, E. N., Jaafar, W. S. W. M., de Almeida Papa, D., Cardil, A. & Klauberg, C., 31 Awst 2019, Yn: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 8, t. 1347-1356

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  10. Fusion of airborne LiDAR and multispectral sensors reveals synergic capabilities in forest structure characterization

    Manzanera, J. A., García-Abril, A., Pascual, C., Tejera, R., Martín-Fernández, S., Tokola, T. & Valbuena, R., 2016, Yn: GIScience and Remote Sensing. 53, 6, t. 723-738 16 t.

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  11. GIS-based DRASTIC model for groundwater vulnerability and pollution risk assessment in the Peshawar District, Pakistan

    Adnan, S., Iqbal, J., Maltamo, M. & Valbuena, R., Awst 2018, Yn: Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 11, 16

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  12. 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.

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    Global analysis of the relationship between reconstructed solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and gross primary production (GPP)

    Gao, H., Liu, S., Lu, W., Smith, A., Valbuena, R., Yan, W., Wang, Z., Xiao, L., Peng, X., Li, Q., Feng, Y., McDonald, M., Pagella, T., Liao, J., Wu, Z. & Zhang, G., 18 Gorff 2021, Yn: Remote Sensing. 13, 14

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  14. 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. 501-516

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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.

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  16. Influence of global navigation satellite system errors in positioning inventory plots for treeheight distribution studies

    Mauro, F., Valbuena, R., Manzanera, J. A. & García-Abril, A., 2011, Yn: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 41, 1, t. 11-23 13 t.

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  17. Influence of the resolution of forest cover maps in evaluating fragmentation and connectivity to assess habitat conservation status

    Hernando, A., Velázquez, J., Valbuena, R., Legrand, M. & García-Abril, A., Awst 2017, Yn: Ecological Indicators. 79, t. 295-302 8 t.

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  18. 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. 437-446

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    Large scale multi-layer fuel load characterization in tropical savanna using GEDI spaceborne lidar data

    Leite, R. V., Silva, C. A., Broadbent, E. N., Amaral, C. H. D., Liesenberg, V., Almeida, D. R. A. D., Mohan, M., Godinho, S., Cardil, A., Hamamura, C., Faria, B. L. D., Brancalion, P. H. S., Hirsch, A., Marcatti, G. E., Dalla Corte, A. P., Zambrano, A. M. A., Costa, M. B. T. D., Matricardi, E. A. T., Silva, A. L. D., Goya, L. R. R. Y., Valbuena, R., Mendonça, B. A. F. D., Silva Junior, C. H. L., Aragão, L. E. O. C., García, M., Liang, J., Merrick, T., Hudak, A. T., Xiao, J., Hancock, S., Duncason, L., Ferreira, M. P., Valle, D., Saatchi, S. & Klauberg, C., Ion 2022, Yn: Remote Sensing of Environment. 268, 112764.

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    Long-term satellite observations show continuous increase of vegetation growth enhancement in urban environment

    Peng, X., Jiang, S., Liu, S., Valbuena, R., Smith, A., Zhan, Y., Shi, Y., Ning, Y., Feng, S., Gao, H. & Wang, Z., 10 Tach 2023, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 898, 165515.

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    Mapping forest structural heterogeneity of tropical montane forest remnants from airborne laser scanning and Landsat time series

    Adhikari, H., Valbuena, R., Pellikka, P. K. E. & Heiskanen, J., 1 Ion 2020, Yn: Ecological Indicators. 108, 105739.

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  22. 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. 228-238

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  23. Modeling Mediterranean forest structure using airborne laser scanning data

    Bottalico, F., Chirici, G., Giannini, R., Mele, S., Mura, M., Puxeddu, M., McRobert, R. E., Valbuena, R. & Travaglini, D., 31 Mai 2017, Yn: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 57, t. 145-153 9 t.

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    Monitoring restored tropical forest diversity and structure through UAV-borne hyperspectral and lidar fusion

    Almeida, D. R. A. D., Broadbent, E. N., Ferreira, M. P., Meli, P., Zambrano, A. M. A., Gorgens, E. B., Resende, A. F., Almeida, C. T. D., Amaral, C. H. D., Corte, A. P. D., Silva, C. A., Romanelli, J. P., Prata, G. A., Papa, D. D. A., Stark, S. C., Valbuena, R., Nelson, B. W., Guillemot, J., Féret, J-B., Chazdon, R. & Brancalion, P. H. S., Hyd 2021, Yn: Remote Sensing of Environment. 264, 1 t., 112582.

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  25. Most similar neighbor imputation of forest attributes using metrics derived from combined airborne LIDAR and multispectral sensors

    Valbuena, R., Hernando, A., Manzanera, J. A., Martínez-Falero, E., García-Abril, A. & Mola-Yudego, B., 2018, Yn: International Journal of Digital Earth. 11, 12, t. 1205-1218 14 t.

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  26. 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.

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