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Professor Ruben Valbuena

Honorary Professor

Affiliations

ORCID: 0000-0003-0493-7581

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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  1. 2010

  2. 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, In: Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. 8, 4, p. 1047-1057 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3. 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., Apr 2010, In: Forestry. 83, 2, p. 195-206 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  4. 2011

  5. 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, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 41, 1, p. 11-23 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  6. Comparing airborne laser scanning-imagery fusion methods based on geometric accuracy in forested areas

    Valbuena, R., Mauro, F., Arjonilla, F. J. & Manzanera, J. A., 15 Aug 2011, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 115, 8, p. 1942-1954 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7. 2012

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  9. 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, In: Forest Science. 58, 2, p. 139-153 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  10. 2013

  11. 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, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 43, 11, p. 1063-1074 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  12. Patterns of covariance between airborne laser scanning metrics and Lorenz curve descriptors of tree size inequality

    Valbuena, R., Maltamo, M., Martín-Fernández, S., Packalen, P., Pascual, C. & Nabuurs, G.-J., 2013, In: Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 39, Suppl.1, p. S18-S31

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  13. 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, In: European Journal of Remote Sensing. 46, 1, p. 491-509 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  14. 2014

  15. 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, In: Baltic Forestry. 20, 2, p. 326-332 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  16. Comparison of airborne laser scanning methods for estimating forest structure indicators based on Lorenz curves

    Valbuena, R., Vauhkonen, J., Packalen, P., Pitkanen, J. & Maltamo, M., Sept 2014, In: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 95, p. 23-33

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17. 2015

  18. 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., Mar 2015, In: Landscape Ecology. 30, 3, p. 501-516

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  19. Mapping wood production in European forests

    Verkerk, P. J., Levers, C., Kuemmerle, T., Lindner, M., Valbuena, R., Verburg, P. H. & Zudin, S., 1 Dec 2015, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 357, p. 228-238

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  20. 2016

  21. 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, In: GIScience and Remote Sensing. 53, 6, p. 723-738 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  22. Remote sensing estimates and measures of uncertainty for forest variables at different aggregation levels

    Mauro, F., Molina, I., García-Abril, A., Valbuena, R. & Ayuga-Téllez, E., 2016, In: EnvironMetrics. 27, 4, p. 225-238 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  23. 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., Jan 2016, In: Ecological Indicators. 60, p. 574-585 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  25. 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 Jul 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 7, p. e0158198

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  26. Classification of multilayered forest development classes from low-density national airborne lidar datasets

    Valbuena, R., Maltamo, M. & Packalen, P., Aug 2016, In: Forestry. 89, 4, p. 392-401 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  27. Contrasting fire damage and fire susceptibility between seasonally flooded forest and upland forest in the Central Amazon using portable profiling LiDAR

    Alves de Almeida, D. R., Nelson, B. W., Schietti, J., Gorgens, E. B., Resende, A. F., Stark, S. C. & Valbuena, R., Oct 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 184, p. 153-160

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  28. 2017

  29. Remote sensing approach for spatial planning of land management interventions in West African savannas

    Heiskanen, J., Liu, J., Valbuena, R., Aynekulu, E., Packalen, P. & Pellikka, P., May 2017, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 140, p. 29-41 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  30. A method for optimizing height threshold when computing airborne laser scanning metrics

    Gorgens, E. B., Valbuena, R. & Rodriguez, L. C. E., 1 May 2017, In: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 83, 5, p. 343-350 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  31. 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 May 2017, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 57, p. 145-153 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  32. 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 Jun 2017, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 194, p. 437-446

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  33. 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., Aug 2017, In: Ecological Indicators. 79, p. 295-302 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  34. Wood biomass potentials for energy in northern Europe: Forest or plantations?

    Mola-Yudego, B., Arevalo, J., Díaz-Yáñez, O., Dimitriou, I., Haapala, A., Carlos Ferraz Filho, A., Selkimäki, M. & Valbuena, R., Nov 2017, In: Biomass and Bioenergy. 106, p. 95-103 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  35. 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., Dec 2017, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47, 12, p. 1590-1602

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  36. 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 Dec 2017, In: Ecological Modelling. 366, p. 15-26

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  37. 2018

  38. 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, In: International Journal of Digital Earth. 11, 12, p. 1205-1218 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  39. Airborne laser scanning for tree diameter distribution modelling: a comparison of different modelling alternatives in a tropical single-species plantation

    Maltamo, M., Mehtatalo, L., Valbuena, R., Vauhkonen, J. & Packalen, P., Jan 2018, In: Forestry. 91, 1, p. 121-131

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  40. Valuation of growing stock using multisource GIS data, a stem quality database, and bucking simulation

    Sanz, B., Malinen, J., Leppanen, V., Valbuena, R., Kauranne, T. & Tokola, T., 19 Jun 2018, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 48, 8, p. 888-897

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  42. Usability of citizen science observations together with airborne laser scanning data in determining the habitat preferences of forest birds

    Mononen, L., Auvinen, A.-P., Packalen, P., Virkkala, R., Valbuena, R., Bohlin, I., Valkama, J. & Vihervaara, P., 15 Dec 2018, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 430, p. 498-508

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  43. 2019

  44. 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 Jan 2019, In: Remote Sensing. 11, 1, 92.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  45. A simple approach to forest structure classification using airborne laser scanning that can be adopted across bioregions

    Adnan, S., Maltamo, M., Coomes, D. A., García-Abril, A., Malhi, Y., Manzanera, J. A., Butt, N., Morecroft, M. & Valbuena, R., 15 Feb 2019, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 433, p. 111 - 121

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  46. The effectiveness of lidar remote sensing for monitoring forest cover attributes and landscape restoration

    Almeida, D. R. A., Stark, S. C., Chazdon, R., Nelson, B. W., Cesar, R. G., Meli, P., Gorgens, E. B., Duarte, M. M., Valbuena, R., Moreno, V. S., Mendes, A. F., Amazonas, N., Gonçalves, N. B., Silva, C. A., Schietti, J. & Brancalion, P. H. S., 15 Apr 2019, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 438, p. 34-43 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  47. Published

    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 Apr 2019, In: iForest. 12, p. 207-213

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  48. Published

    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 May 2019, In: European Journal of Remote Sensing. 52, 1, p. 345-358 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  49. Published

    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 Aug 2019, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 8, p. 1347-1356

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  50. Published

    Persistent effects of fragmentation on tropical rainforest canopy structure after 20 yr of isolation

    Alves de Almeida, D. R., Stark, S. C., Schietti, J., Camargo, J. L. C., Amazonas, N., Gorgens, E. B., Rosa, D. M., Smith, M. N., Valbuena, R., Saleska, S., Andrade, A., Mesquita, R., Laurance, S. G., Laurance, W. F., Lovejoy, T. E., Broadbet, E. N., Shimabukuro, Y. E., Parker, G. G., Lefsky, M., Silva, C. A. & Brancalion, P. H. S., 30 Sept 2019, In: Ecological Applications. 29, 6, e01952.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  51. Published

    Current Trends in Forest Ecological Applications of Three-Dimensional Remote Sensing: Transition from Experimental to Operational Solutions?

    Latifi, H. & Valbuena, R., 9 Oct 2019, In: Forests. 10, 10

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  52. Published

    The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

    Schepaschenko, D., Chave, J., Phillips, O. L., Lewis, S. L., Davies, S. J., Rejou-Mechain, M., Sist, P., Scipal, K., Perger, C., Herault, B., Labriere, N., Hofhansl, F., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aleinikov, A., Alonso, A., Amani, C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Armston, J., Arroyo, L., Ascarrunz, N., Azevedo, C., Baker, T., Balazy, R., Bedeau, C., Berry, N., Bilous, A. M., Bilous, S. Y., Bissiengou, P., Blanc, L., Bobkova, K. S., Braslavskaya, T., Brienen, R., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Condit, R., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Danilina, D., del Castillo Torres, D., Derroire, G., Descroix, L., Sotta, E. D., d'Oliveira, M. V. N., Dresel, C., Erwin, T., Evdokimenko, M. D., Falck, J., Feldpausch, T. R., Foli, E. G., Foster, R., Fritz, S., Damian Garcia-Abril, A., Gornov, A., Gornova, M., Gothard-Bassebe, E., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Guedes, M., Hamer, K. C., Susanty, F. H., Higuchi, N., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Hubau, W., Hubbell, S., Ilstedt, U., Ivanov, V. V., Kanashiro, M., Karlsson, A., Karminov, V. N., Killeen, T., Koffi, J.-C. K., Konovalova, M., Kraxner, F., Krejza, J., Krisnawati, H., Krivobokov, L. V., Kuznetsov, M. A., Lakyda, I., Lakyda, P. I., Licona, J. C., Lucas, R. M., Lukina, N., Lussetti, D., Malhi, Y., Antonio Manzanera, J., Marimon, B., Marimon Junior, B. H., Vasquez Martinez, R., Martynenko, O. V., Matsala, M., Matyashuk, R. K., Mazzei, L., Memiaghe, H., Mendoza, C., Monteagudo Mendoza, A., Moroziuk, O. V., Mukhortova, L., Musa, S., Nazimova, D. I., Okuda, T., Oliveira, L. C., Ontikov, P. V., Osipov, A. F., Pietsch, S., Playfair, M., Poulsen, J., Radchenko, V. G., Rodney, K., Rozak, A. H., Ruschel, A., Rutishauser, E., See, L., Shchepashchenko, M., Shevchenko, N., Shvidenko, A., Silveira, M., Singh, J., Sonke, B., Souza, C., Sterenczak, K., Stonozhenko, L., Sullivan, M. J. P., Szatniewska, J., Aedoumg, H. T., Ter Steege, H., Tikhonova, E., Toledo, M., Trefilova, O. V., Valbuena, R., Valenzuela Gamarra, L., Vasiliev, S., Vedrova, E. F., Verhovets, S. V., Vidal, E., Vladimirova, N. A., Vleminckx, J., Vos, V. A., Vozmitel, F. K., Wanek, W., West, T. A. P., Woell, H., Woods, J. T., Wortel, V., Yamada, T., Hajar, Z. S. N. & Zo-Bi, I. C., 10 Oct 2019, In: Scientific data. 6, 198

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  53. Published

    A Simple Approach of Groundwater Quality Analysis, Classification, and Mapping in Peshawar, Pakistan

    Adnan, S., Iqbal, J., Maltamo, M., Bacha, M. S., Shahab, A. & Valbuena, R., 7 Dec 2019, In: Environments. 6, 12

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  54. 2020
  55. Published

    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 Jan 2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 108, 105739.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  56. Published

    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 Jan 2020, In: Restoration Ecology. 28, 1, p. 8-11 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  57. Published

    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 Feb 2020, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 457, 117634.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  58. Published

    Automated operational logging plan considering multi-criteria optimization

    Görgens, E. B., Mund, J.-P., Cremer, T., Conto, T. D., Krause, S., Valbuena, R. & Rodriguez, L. C. E., 1 Mar 2020, In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 170, p. 105253 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  59. Published

    Combined Impact of Sample Size and Modeling Approaches for Predicting Stem Volume in Eucalyptus spp. Forest Plantations Using Field and LiDAR Data

    Silva, V. S. D., Silva, C. A., Mohan, M., Cardil, A., Rex, F. E., Loureiro, G. H., Almeida, D. R. A. D., Broadbent, E. N., Gorgens, E. B., Dalla Corte, A. P., Silva, E. A., Valbuena, R. & Klauberg, C., 1 May 2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 9

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  60. Published

    Comparison of Statistical Modelling Approaches for Estimating Tropical Forest Aboveground Biomass Stock and Reporting Their Changes in Low-Intensity Logging Areas Using Multi-Temporal LiDAR Data

    Rex, F. E., Silva, C. A., Dalla Corte, A. P., Klauberg, C., Mohan, M., Cardil, A., Silva, V. S. D., Almeida, D. R. A. D., Garcia, M., Broadbent, E. N., Valbuena, R., Stoddart, J., Merrick, T. & Hudak, A. T., 8 May 2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 9, 1498.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  61. Published

    Resource availability and disturbance shape maximum tree height across the Amazon

    Gorgens, E., Nunes, M. H., Jackson, T., Coomes, D., Keller, M., Reis, C. R., Valbuena, R., Rosette, J., de Almeida, D. R. A., Gimenez, B., Cantinho, R., Motta, A. Z., Assis, M., de Souza Pereira, F. R., Spanner, G., Higuchi, N. & Ometto, J. P., 19 May 2020, (bioRxiv).

    Research output: Working paper

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