作者: M. Kalacska , G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa , B. Rivard , J.C. Calvo-Alvarado , M. Quesada
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2007.03.015
关键词: Plant cover 、 Hydrology 、 Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests 、 Forestry 、 Land use 、 Land cover 、 Satellite imagery 、 Deforestation 、 Evergreen 、 Geography 、 Deciduous
摘要: In this study we evaluate the accuracy of four global and regional forest cover assessments (MODIS, IGBP, GLC2000, PROARCA) as tools for baseline estimation. We conduct this research at the national scale for Costa Rica and for two tropical dry forest study sites in Costa Rica (Santa Rosa) and Mexico (Chamela-Cuixmala). We found that at the national level, the total forest cover accuracy of the four land cover maps was inflated due to an overestimation of forest in areas with an evergreen canopy. However, the four maps greatly …