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. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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

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  4. 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.

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  5. Published

    Recovery of logged forest fragments in a human-modified tropical landscape during the 2015-16 El Niño

    Nunes, M. H., Jucker, T., Riutta, T., Svátek, M., Kvasnica, J., Rejžek, M., Matula, R., Majalap, N., Ewers, R. M., Swinfield, T., Valbuena, R., Vaughn, N. R., Asner, G. P. & Coomes, D. A., 9 Mar 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, p. 1526

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  7. 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.

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  8. Published

    Resource availability and disturbance shape maximum tree height across the Amazon

    Gorgens, E. B., 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., Jan 2021, In: Global Change Biology. 27, 1, p. 177-189 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 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

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  10. Published

    Simulation of overflow thresholds in urban basins: Case study in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

    Silva Cervantes, M., Hernando, A., García-Abril, A., Valbuena, R., Velázquez Saornil, J. & Manzanera, J. A., 1 Sept 2020, In: River Research and Applications. 36, 7, p. 1307-1320 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. 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

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