| Grant number: | 15/50392-8 |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International |
| Start date: | March 01, 2016 |
| End date: | December 31, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology |
| Agreement: | CONFAP ; Newton Fund, with FAPESP as a partner institution in Brazil |
| Principal Investigator: | Tomas Ferreira Domingues |
| Grantee: | Tomas Ferreira Domingues |
| Visiting researcher: | Fernando Espirito Santo |
| Visiting researcher institution: | Lancaster University , England |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil |
| City of the host institution: | Ribeirão Preto |
Abstract
This proposal aims to develop a multi-scale remote sensing framework to model and predict the carbon sink secondary forests. As such, it is within a priority area of research and innovation between FAPESP, CONFAP (National for the State Funding Agencies) and The UK Academies. The proposal will also benefit the FAPESP-NERC funded "ECOFOR: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic Forests". Our novel method examines plant functional traits (PFT) along gradients of forest succession. It will take advantage of airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) images, satellite images and comprehensive forest inventory data in order to quantify the functional relation between forest structure (e.g. heights) and other PFT (leave, stems and biomass) during forest succession. (AU)
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