Professor Ruben Valbuena

Honorary Professor

Affiliations

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.

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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., Jan 2022, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 268, 112764.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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 Nov 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 898, 165515.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  7. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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., Oct 2021, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 264, 1 p., 112582.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  11. 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 journalArticlepeer-review