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Remote sensing; Forest inventory; Airborne laser scanning; Photogrammetry; GIS

News

Methodology Based on ALS Data and Diameter Distribution Simulation to Characterize Management Units at Tree Level
New CEF article proposes methodology for characterising Management Units (MUs) in dense forests
An article by a CEF PhD student published in the journal Remote Sensing (MDPI) highlights … Read More
New CEF paper shows the impact of fire severity on forest structure and biomass stocks using NASA GEDI data
New CEF paper shows the impact of fire severity on forest structure and biomass stocks using NASA GEDI data
A paper led by Juan Guerra Hernández, a researcher in the ForEco group at the … Read More

Publications

Scientific Articles (ISI)

Abate D., Botequim B., Marques S., Lagoa C., Hernández J. G., Hengeveld G., Hoogstra-Klein M., Borges J.G. (2025)

Recreational and Aesthetic Values of Forest Landscapes (RAFL): Quantifying management impacts and trade-offs with provisioning and regulatory ecosystem services

Forest Ecosystems. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100318

Magalhães J.A., Guerra-Hernández J., Cosenza D. N., Marques S., Borges J.G., Tomé M. (2024)

Development of a Methodology Based on ALS Data and Diameter Distribution Simulation to Characterize Management Units at Tree Level

Remote Sens., 16(22), 4238 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16224238

Pascual A., Guerra-Hernandez J. (2023)

Correction of phenology-induced effects in forest canopy height models based on airborne laser scanning data. Insights from the deciduous mountain forests in Picos de Europa National Park in Spain

Ecological Informatics, 75: 102092. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102092

Pascual A., Guerra-Hernandez J., Armston J., Minor D.M., Duncanson L.I., May P.B., Kellner J.R., Dubayah R. (2023)

Assessing the performance of NASA’s GEDI L4A footprint aboveground biomass density models using National Forest Inventory and airborne laser scanning data in Mediterranean forest ecosystems

Forest Ecology and Management, 538: 120975. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120975

Tupinambá-Simões F., Pascual A., Guerra-Hernández J., Ordóñez C., de Conto T., Bravo F (2023)

Assessing the performance of a handheld laser scanning system for individual tree mapping—a mixed forests showcase in Spain

Remote Sensing, 15(5): 1169. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051169

Guerra-Hernández J., Botequim B., Bujan S., Jurado-Varela A., Molina-Valero J.A., Martínez-Calvo A., Pérez-Cruzado C. (2022)

Interpreting the uncertainty of model-based and design-based estimation in downscaling estimates from NFI data: a case-study in Extremadura (Spain).

GIScience and Remote Sensing, 59 (1): 686-704. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2022.2051383

Guerra-Hernandez J., Narine L.L., Pascual A., Gonzalez-Ferreiro E., Botequim B., Malambo L., Neuenschwander A., Popescu S.C., Godinho S. (2022)

Aboveground biomass mapping by integrating ICESat-2, SENTINEL-1, SENTINEL-2, ALOS2/PALSAR2, and topographic information in Mediterranean forests

Giscience & Remote Sensing, 59(1): 1509-1533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2022.2115599

Pascual A., Guerra-Hernández J. (2022)

Spatial connectivity in tree-level decision-support models using mathematical optimization and individual tree mapping

Forest Policy and Economics, 139: 102732. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102732

Pascual A., Tupinambá-Simões F., Guerra-Hernández J., Bravo F. (2022)

High-resolution planet satellite imagery and multi-temporal surveys to predict risk of tree mortality in tropical eucalypt forestry.

Journal of Environmental Management, 310: 114804. . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114804

Pascual A., Tupinambá-Simões F., Guerra-Hernández J., Bravo F. (2022)

High-resolution planet satellite imagery and multi-temporal surveys to predict risk of tree mortality in tropical eucalypt forestry

Journal of Environmental Management, 310: 114804. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114804

Tupinambá-Simões F., Bravo F., Guerra-Hernández J., Pascual A. (2022)

Assessment of drought effects on survival and growth dynamics in eucalypt commercial forestry using remote sensing photogrammetry. A showcase in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Forest Ecology and Management, 505: 119930.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119930.

Tupinambá-Simões F., Bravo F., Guerra-Hernández J., Pascual A. (2022)

Assessment of drought effects on survival and growth dynamics in eucalypt commercial forestry using remote sensing photogrammetry. A showcase in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management, 505: 119930. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119930

Alonso-Rego C., Arellano-Pérez S., Guerra-Hernández J., Molina-Valero J.A., Martínez-Calvo A., Pérez-Cruzado C., Castedo-Dorado F., González-Ferreiro E., Álvarez-González J.G., Ruiz-González A.D. (2021)

Estimating stand and fire-related surface and canopy fuel variables in pine stands using low-density airborne and single-scan terrestrial laser scanning data

Remote Sensing, 13(24):5170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245170

Bujan S., Guerra-Hernández J., Gonzalez-Ferreiro E., Miranda D. (2021)

Forest road detection using LiDAR data and hybrid classification

Remote Sensing, 13(3): 393. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030393

Dorado-Roda I., Pascual A., Godinho S., Silva C.A., Botequim B., Rodríguez-Gonzálvez P., González-Ferreiro E., Guerra-Hernández J. (2021)

Assessing the accuracy of GEDI data for canopy height and aboveground biomass estimates in Mediterranean forests

Remote Sensing, 13(12):2279. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13122279

Guerra-Hernández J., Arellano-Perez S., Gonzalez-Ferreiro E., Pascual A., Altelarrea V.S., Ruiz-Gonzalez A.D., Alvarez-Gonzalez J.G. (2021)

Developing a site index model for P. Pinaster stands in NW Spain by combining bi-temporal ALS data and environmental data

Forest Ecology and Management, 481: 118690. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118690

Guerra-Hernández J., Díaz-Varela R.A., Ávarez-González J.G., Rodríguez-González P.M. (2021)

Assessing a novel modelling approach with high resolution UAV imagery for monitoring health status in priority riparian forests

Forest Ecosystems, 8(1): 61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-021-00342-8

Guerra-Hernández J., Pascual A. (2021)

Using GEDI lidar data and airborne laser scanning to assess height growth dynamics in fast-growing species: a showcase in Spain

Forest Ecosystem, 8: 14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-021-00291-2

Pascual A., Guerra-Hernández J., Cosenza D.N., Sandoval-Altelarrea V. (2021)

Using enhanced data co-registration to update Spanish National Forest Inventories (NFI) and to reduce training data under LiDAR-assisted inference

International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(1), 126-147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1813346

Cosenza D.N., Pereira L.G., Guerra-Hernández J., Pascual A., Soares P., Tomé M. (2020)

Impact of calibrating filtering algorithms on the quality of Lidar-derived DTM and on forest attribute estimation through area-based approach

Remote Sensing, 12(6): 918. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12060918

Leite R.V., Silva C.A., Mohan M., Cardil A., de Almeida D.R.A., Carvalho S.D.C.E., Jaafar W.S.W.M., Guerra-Hernández J., Weiskittel A., Hudak A.T., Broadbent E.N., Prata G., Valbuena R., Leite H.G., Taquetti M.F., Soares A.A.V., Scolforo H.F., do Amaral C.H., Dalla Corte A.P., Klauberg C. (2020)

Individual tree attribute estimation and uniformity assessment in fast-growing Eucalyptus spp. Forest plantations using lidar and linear mixed-effects models

REMOTE SENSING, 12(21): 3599. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12213599

Pascual A., Guerra-Hernández J., Cosenza D.N., Sandoval V. (2020)

The role of improved ground positioning and forest structural complexity when performing forest inventory using airborne laser scanning

Remote Sensing, 12(3): 413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030413

Cosenza D.N., Soares P., Guerra-Hernández J., Pereira L., González-Ferreiro E., Castedo-Dorado F., Tomé M. (2019)

Comparing Johnson’s SB and weibull functions to model the diameter distribution of forest plantations through ALS data

Remote Sensing, 11(23): 2792.

Guerra-Hernández J., Cosenza D.N., Cardil A., Silva C.A., Botequim B., Soares P., Silva M., González-Ferreiro E., Díaz-Varela R.A. (2019)

Predicting growing stock volume of Eucalyptus plantations using 3-D point clouds derived from UAV imagery and ALS data

Forests, 10(10): 905. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100905

Guerra-Hernández J., Cozenza D.N., Rodriguez L.C.E., Silva M., Tomé M., Díaz-Varela R.A., González-Ferreiro E. (2018)

Comparison of ALS- and UAV (SfM)-derived high-density point clouds for individual tree detection in Eucalyptus plantations

International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(15-16): 5211-5235. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1486519

Guerra-Hernández J., González-Ferreiro E., Monleón V. J., Faias S.P., Tomé M., Díaz-Varela R. A. (2017)

Use of Multi-Temporal UAV-Derived Imagery for estimating individual tree growth in Pinus pinea stands

Forests, 8(8): 300.

Guerra-Hernández J., González-Ferreiro E., Sarmento A., Silva J., Nunes A., Correia A., Fontes L., Tomé M., Díaz-Varela R. (2016)

Using high resolution UAV imagery to estimate tree variables in Pinus pinea plantation in Portugal

Forest Systems, 25(2): eSC09.

Guerra-Hernández J., Görgens E., García Gutiérrez J., Rodriguez, L.C.E., Tomé M., González-Ferreiro E. (2016)

Comparison of ALS based models for estimating aboveground biomass in three types of Mediterranean forest

European Journal of Remote Sensing, 49: 185-204.

Guerra-Hernández J., Tomé M., Gonzalez-Ferreiro E. (2016)

Using low density LiDAR data to map Mediterranean forest characteristics by means of an area-based approach and height threshold analysis

Revista de Teledetección, 46: 103-117.

Books
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Book Chapters

Borges J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Guerra-Hernandez J., Marques S., Palma J.H.N. (2013)

Chapter IX. A decision support system for forest management planning under climate change

In: Adapting to climate change in European forests – results of the MOTIVE Project. J. Fitzgerald and M. Linder (Eds.). Pensoft, pp. 89-92.. URL: http://motive.pensoft.net/NPDOCS/MOTIVE2_FINAL_FULL.pdf

Projects

BLS-BIOMASS

Below, Litter & Shrub BIOMASS density mapping combining optical, LiDAR and SAR Earth Observation data

Duration: 2024-2026

CEF Budget: 71.488 € €

CorkNut

Florestas mistas de sobreiro e pinheiro manso: Gestão para valorização dos produtos, promoção da biodiversidade e prevenção de fogos florestais

Duration: 2021-2025

CEF Budget: 163640.00 €

SUFORUN

Models and decision SUpport tools for integrated FOrest policy development under global change and associated Risk and UNcertainty

Duration: 2016-2020

CEF Budget: 275333.00 €