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. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Tighten the Bolts and Nuts on GPP Estimations from Sites to the Globe: An Assessment of Remote Sensing Based LUE Models and Supporting Data Fields

    Wang, Z., Liu, S., Wang, Y-P., Valbuena, R., Wu, Y., Kutia, M., Zheng, Y., Lu, W., Zhu, Y., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Gao, H., Feng, S. & Shi, Y., 6 Jan 2021, In: Remote Sensing. 13, 2, 168.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  5. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Vascular optimality dictates plant morphology away from Leonardo’s rule

    Sopp, S. & Valbuena, R., Sept 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: PNAS. 120, 39, e2215047120.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Working paper › Research
  10. 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

  11. Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  12. Published

    Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources

    Valbuena, R., O'Connor, B., Zellweger, F., Simonson, W., Vihervaara, P., Maltamo, M., Silva, C. A., Almeida, D. R. A., Danks, F., Morsdorf, F., Chirici, G., Lucas, R., Coomes, D. A. & Coops, N. C., 1 Aug 2020, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 35, 8, p. 656-667

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

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