Title

Mesoscale changes in textural pattern of 'intact' Peruvian rainforests (1970s-1980s)

Authors

Authors

J. F. Weishampel; J. H. Sloan; J. C. Boutet;J. R. Godin

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Int. J. Remote Sens.

Keywords

LANDSAT MSS; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION; LACUNARITY; FORESTS; AMAZON; IMAGES; Remote Sensing; Imaging Science & Photographic Technology

Abstract

To assess changes in spatial heterogeneity of non-anthropogenically disturbed rainforests, we compared lacunarity of Landsat MSS imagery over the Peruvian lowlands from the 1970s and 1980s. The organizational patterns associated with lower NDVI values were found to be significantly more clumped during the 1970s whereas those associated with higher NDVI values became more clumped during the 1980s. These spatial dynamics suggest that these rainforests represent non-equilibrium systems at coarse hierarchical levels which are typically thought to be stable at decadal intervals.

Journal Title

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volume

19

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/014311698215847

Language

English

First Page

1007

Last Page

1014

WOS Identifier

WOS:000073174700013

ISSN

0143-1161

Recommended Citation

"Mesoscale changes in textural pattern of 'intact' Peruvian rainforests (1970s-1980s)" (1998). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 2497.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/2497