Vegetation structure and greenness in Central Africa from Modis multi-temporal data
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African forests within the Congo Basin are generally mapped at a regional scale as broad-leaved evergreen forests, with the main distinction being between terra-firme and swamp forest types. At the same time, commercial forest inventories, as well as national maps, have highlighted a strong spatial heterogeneity of forest types. A detailed vegetation map generated using consistent methods is needed to inform decision makers about spatial forest organization and their relationships with environmental drivers in the context of global change. We propose a multi-temporal remotely sensed data approach to characterize vegetation types using vegetation index annual profiles. The classifications identified 22 vegetation types (six savannas, two swamp forests, 14 forest types) improving existing vegetation maps. Among forest types, we showed strong variations in stand structure and deciduousness, identifying (i) two blocks of dense evergreen forests located in the western part of the study area and in the central part on sandy soils; (ii) semi-deciduous forests are located in the Sangha River interval which has experienced past fragmentation and human activities. For all vegetation types enhanced vegetation index profiles were highly seasonal and strongly correlated to rainfall and to a lesser extent, to light regimes. These results are of importance to predict spatial variations of carbon stocks and fluxes, because evergreen/deciduous forests (i) have contrasted annual dynamics of photosynthetic activity and foliar water content and (ii) differ in community dynamics and ecosystem processes.
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The study area's mean MODIS EVI is lower than values reported for other semi-deciduous African rainforests.
“our study area ' s mean MODIS EVI (Table S2) is lower than values reported for other semi-deciduous African rainforests (Gond et al., 2013).”
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- Authors
- Gond, V., Fayolle, A., Pennec, A., Cornu, G., Mayaux, P., Camberlin, P., Doumenge, C., Fauvet, N., & Gourlet-Fleury, S.
- Affiliations
- Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (FR)
- European Commission (BE)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- CIRAD, BSEF, 34098 Montpellier, France
- Corresponding author
- Gond, Valéry
- Venue
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2013-09-05
- Volume
- 368
- Issue
- 1625
- Pages
- 20120309
- ISSN
- 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2970
- PMC
- PMC3720027
- OpenAlex
- W2142291736
- Cited by
- 92
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 7.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Agritrop (Cirad) (submittedVersion)
- Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) (submittedVersion)
- Joint Research Centre (European Commission) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-08-BDVA-0001)
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Keywords
- vegetation mapping, vegetation structure, vegetation greenness, Congo Basin forests, savanna, swamp forest, evergreen forest, semideciduous seasonal forest, seasonal dynamics, rainfall, light regime, forest carbon stocks, forest fragmentation, Central Africa
- MeSH terms
- Africa, Central, Congo, Humans, Rain, Seasons, Time Factors, Trees, Databases, Factual, Ecosystem, Climate Change, Carbon Cycle, Ecological Parameter Monitoring
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