Suitability of the global forest cover change map to assess climatic megadisturbance impacts on remote tropical forests.

ABSTRACT: The occurrence and combination of extreme meteorological events may lead to severe (megadisturbance) impacts on conserved forests and protected areas all over the world. Recent research has shown that megadisturbance impacts (after the events of hurricanes and prolonged drought) may be detected in subtropical forest cover using changes in spectral indices derived from satellite imagery. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of megadisturbance on forest types of the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Republic of Cuba in the 2001-2017 time-period. The Global Forest Cover Change (GFCC, available on the Global Forest Watch website) product was validated and indicated the prominence of megadisturbance for year 2016 (85% of the total disturbed area), largely associated with the H

SUBMITTER: Geler Roffe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9253124 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature