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.
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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
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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 Jun 2017, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 194, p. 437-446Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Jan 2022, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 268, 112764.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 898, 165515.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 108, 105739.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2015, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 357, p. 228-238Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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., Oct 2021, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 264, 1 p., 112582.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
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