Predicting Tropical Dry Forest Successional Attributes from Space: Is the Key Hidden in Image Texture?

J. Alberto Gallardo-Cruz; Jorge A. Meave; Edgar J. González; Edwin E. Lebrija-Trejos; Marco A. Romero-Romero; Eduardo A. Pérez-García; Rodrigo Gallardo-Cruz; José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni; Carlos Martorell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030506

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Predicting Tropical Dry Forest Successional Attributes from Space: Is the Key Hidden in Image Texture?

J. Alberto Gallardo-Cruz ,

* E-mail: jagc@ciencias.unam.mx

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Jorge A. Meave,

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Edgar J. González,

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Edwin E. Lebrija-Trejos,

Affiliations Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Marco A. Romero-Romero,

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Eduardo A. Pérez-García,

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Rodrigo Gallardo-Cruz,

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni,

Affiliation Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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Carlos Martorell

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Predicting Tropical Dry Forest Successional Attributes from Space: Is the Key Hidden in Image Texture?

J. Alberto Gallardo-Cruz,
Jorge A. Meave,
Edgar J. González,
Edwin E. Lebrija-Trejos,
Marco A. Romero-Romero,
Eduardo A. Pérez-García,
Rodrigo Gallardo-Cruz,
José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni,
Carlos Martorell

Published: February 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030506

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