Comparison of carbon content between plantation and natural regeneration seedlings in Durango, Mexico by Jesús Alejandro Soto-Cervantes, José Javier Corral-Rivas, Pedro Antonio Domínguez-Calleros, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Eusebio Montiel-Antuna, Emily García-Montiel, Alberto Pérez-Luna

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Estimating Above-Ground Biomass from Land Surface Temperature and Evapotranspiration Data at the Temperate Forests of Durango, Mexico by Marcela Rosas-Chavoya, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Daniel José Vega-Nieva, José Ciro Hernández-Díaz, Christian Wehenkel, José Javier Corral-Rivas

“…The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship of LST, VTCI and ET with AGB in temperate forests of Durango, Mexico, regarding each season of the year and to develop a AGB estimation model using as predictors LST, VCTI and ET, together with topographic, reflectance and Gray-Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCM) texture variables. …”
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Biomass Estimation of <i>Agave durangensis</i> Gentry Using High-Resolution Images in Nombre de Dios, Durango by Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Gerardo A. Núñez-Fernández, Rolando Alvarado-Barrera, Emily García-Montiel, Hugo Ramírez-Aldaba, Melissa Bocanegra-Salazar

“…The objective was to estimate the green biomass (Wt) of <i>Agave durangensis</i> Gentry using high-resolution images obtained by a UAV in Nombre de Dios, Durango. Random sampling was performed in the agave area. …”
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Evaluating a New Relative Phenological Correction and the Effect of Sentinel-Based Earth Engine Compositing Approaches to Map Fire Severity and Burned Area by Adrián Israel Silva-Cardoza, Daniel José Vega-Nieva, Jaime Briseño-Reyes, Carlos Ivan Briones-Herrera, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, José Javier Corral-Rivas, Sean A. Parks, Lisa M. Holsinger

“…The current study aimed to: (i) compare Sentinel-2 (<i>S2</i>) spectral indices to predict field-observed fire severity in Durango, Mexico; (ii) evaluate the effect of the compositing period (1 or 3 months), techniques (average or minimum), and phenological correction (constant offset, <i>c</i>, against a novel relative phenological correction, <i>rc</i>) on fire severity mapping, and (iii) determine fire perimeter accuracy. …”
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Individual Tree Diameter and Height Growth Models for 30 Tree Species in Mixed-Species and Uneven-Aged Forests of Mexico by Jaime Briseño-Reyes, José Javier Corral-Rivas, Raúl Solis-Moreno, Jaime Roberto Padilla-Martínez, Daniel José Vega-Nieva, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Benedicto Vargas-Larreta, Ulises Diéguez-Aranda, Gerónimo Quiñonez-Barraza, Carlos Antonio López-Sánchez

“…In this study, species-specific models for predicting individual diameter at breast height (dbh) and total tree height (h) growth were developed for 30 tree species growing in mixed and uneven-aged forest stands in Durango, Mexico. Growth models were also developed for all pine, all oaks, and all other species of the genus <i>Arbutus</i> (strawberry trees). …”
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Fuel-Specific Aggregation of Active Fire Detections for Rapid Mapping of Forest Fire Perimeters in Mexico by Carlos Ivan Briones-Herrera, Daniel José Vega-Nieva, Jaime Briseño-Reyes, Norma Angélica Monjarás-Vega, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, José Javier Corral-Rivas, Ernesto Alvarado, Stéfano Arellano-Pérez, Enrique J. Jardel Peláez, Diego Rafael Pérez Salicrup, William Matthew Jolly

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Near Real-Time Automated Early Mapping of the Perimeter of Large Forest Fires from the Aggregation of VIIRS and MODIS Active Fires in Mexico by Carlos Ivan Briones-Herrera, Daniel José Vega-Nieva, Norma Angélica Monjarás-Vega, Jaime Briseño-Reyes, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, José Javier Corral-Rivas, Ernesto Alvarado-Celestino, Stéfano Arellano-Pérez, Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González, Ana Daría Ruiz-González, William Mathew Jolly, Sean A. Parks

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Analysis of Near-Surface Temperature Lapse Rates in Mountain Ecosystems of Northern Mexico Using Landsat-8 Satellite Images and ECOSTRESS by Marcela Rosas-Chavoya, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, José Ciro Hernández-Díaz, Christian Wehenkel, Daniel José Vega-Nieva

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Modeling the Monthly Distribution of MODIS Active Fire Detections from a Satellite-Derived Fuel Dryness Index by Vegetation Type and Ecoregion in Mexico by Daniel José Vega-Nieva, María Guadalupe Nava-Miranda, Jaime Briseño-Reyes, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, José Javier Corral-Rivas, María Isabel Cruz-López, Martin Cuahutle, Rainer Ressl, Ernesto Alvarado-Celestino, Robert E. Burgan

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Hierarchical Analysis of Factors Determining the Impact of Forest Certification in Mexico by Emily García-Montiel, Frederick Cubbage, Alberto Rojo-Alboreca, Miriam Mirelle Morones-Esquivel, Concepción Lujan-Álvarez, Eusebio Montiel-Antuna, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, José Javier Corral-Rivas

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QGIS a constantly growing free and open-source geospatial software contributing to scientific development by Marcela Rosas-Chavoya, José Luis Gallardo-Salazar, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Pedro Camilo Alcántara-Concepción, Ana Karen León-Miranda

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