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Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation by Baena, Susana, Moat, Justin, Whaley, Oliver, Boyd, Doreen S

“…The Pacific Equatorial dry forest of Northern Peru is recognised for its unique endemic biodiversity. Although highly threatened the forest provides…”
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Towards an Automated Approach for Monitoring Tree Phenology Using Vehicle Dashcams in Urban Environments by Boyd, Doreen S., Crudge, Sally, Foody, Giles

“…Trees in urban environments hold significant value in providing ecosystem services, which will become increasingly important as urban populations grow. Tree…”
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Slavery from Space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8 by Boyd, Doreen S., Jackson, Bethany, Wardlaw, Jessica, Foody, Giles M., Marsh, Stuart, Bales, Kevin

“…The most recent Global Slavery Index estimates that there are 40.3 million people enslaved globally. The UN’s Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goal…”
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Detecting tropical peatland degradation: Combining remote sensing and organic geochemistry by Brown, Chloe, Boyd, Doreen S, Sjögersten, Sofie, Vane, Christopher H

“…Tropical peatlands are important carbon stores that are vulnerable to drainage and conversion to agriculture. Protection and restoration of peatlands are…”
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Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance by Espírito-Santo, Fernando D.B., Gloor, Manuel, Keller, Michael, Malhi, Yadvinder, Saatchi, Sassan, Nelson, Bruce, Junior, Raimundo C. Oliveira, Pereira, Cleuton, Lloyd, Jon, Frolking, Steve, Palace, Michael, Shimabukuro, Yosio E., Duarte, Valdete, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, López-González, Gabriela, Baker, Tim R., Feldpausch, Ted R., Brienen, Roel J.W., Asner, Gregory P., Boyd, Doreen S., Phillips, Oliver L.

“…Forest inventory studies in the Amazon indicate a large terrestrial carbon sink. However, field plots may fail to represent forest mortality processes at…”
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Earth Observation and Machine Learning to Meet Sustainable Development Goal 8.7: Mapping Sites Associated with Slavery from Space by Foody, Giles, Ling, Feng, Boyd, Doreen, Li, Xiaodong, Wardlaw, Jessica

“…A large proportion of the workforce in the brick kilns of the Brick Belt of Asia are modern-day slaves. Work to liberate slaves and contribute to UN…”
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The mechanical stability of the world’s tallest broadleaf trees by Jackson, Tobias D., Shenkin, Alexander F., Majalap, Noreen, Bin Jami, Jamiluddin, Bin Sailim, Azlin, Reynolds, Glen, Coomes, David A., Chandler, Chris J., Boyd, Doreen S., Burt, Andy, Wilkes, Phil, Disney, Mathias, Malhi, Yadvinder

“…The factors that limit the maximum height of trees, whether ecophysiological or mechanical, are the subject of longstanding debate. Here, we examine the role…”
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Making (remote) sense of lianas by Heijden, Geertje M. F., Proctor, Ashley D. C., Calders, Kim, Chandler, Chris J., Field, Richard, Foody, Giles M., Krishna Moorthy, Sruthi M., Schnitzer, Stefan A., Waite, Catherine E., Boyd, Doreen S.

“…Lianas (woody vines) are abundant and diverse, particularly in tropical ecosystems. Lianas use trees for structural support to reach the forest canopy, often…”
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Using Volunteered Data in Land Cover Map Validation: Mapping West African Forests by Foody, Giles M., Boyd, Doreen S.

“…Accuracy assessment should be a fundamental part of a programme that maps land cover from remotely sensed imagery but this activity is often constrained by the…”
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Towards a Monitoring Approach for Understanding Permafrost Degradation and Linked Subsidence in Arctic Peatlands by de la Barreda-Bautista, Betsabe, Boyd, Doreen S., Ledger, Martha, Siewert, Matthias B., Chandler, Chris, Bradley, Andrew V., Gee, David, Large, David J., Olofsson, Johan, Sowter, Andrew, Sjögersten, Sofie

“…Permafrost thaw resulting from climate warming is threatening to release carbon from high latitude peatlands. The aim of this research was to determine…”
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Beyond the Walls: Patterns of Child Labour, Forced Labour, and Exploitation in a New Domestic Workers Dataset by Trodd, Zoe, Waite, Catherine, Goulding, James, Boyd, Doreen S

“…The new Domestic Workers Dataset is the largest single set of surveys (n = 11,759) of domestic workers to date. Our analysis of this dataset reveals features…”
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Modelling Urban Housing Stocks for Building Energy Simulation using CityGML EnergyADE by Rosser, Julian F., Long, Gavin, Zakhary, Sameh, Boyd, Doreen S., Mao, Yong, Robinson, Darren

“…Understanding the energy demand of a city’s housing stock is an important focus for local and national administrations to identify strategies for reducing…”
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Exploring Spatial Patterns of Tropical Peatland Subsidence in Selangor, Malaysia Using the APSIS-DInSAR Technique by de la Barreda-Bautista, Betsabé, Ledger, Martha J., Sjögersten, Sofie, Gee, David, Sowter, Andrew, Cole, Beth, Page, Susan E., Large, David J., Evans, Chris D., Tansey, Kevin J., Evers, Stephanie, Boyd, Doreen S.

“…Tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia have experienced widespread subsidence due to forest clearance and drainage for agriculture, oil palm and pulp wood…”
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Spectral Characteristics of Beached Sargassum in Response to Drying and Decay over Time by Chandler, Chris J., Ávila-Mosqueda, Silvia Valery, Salas-Acosta, Evelyn Raquel, Magaña-Gallegos, Eden, Mancera, Edgar Escalante, Reali, Miguel Angel Gómez, de la Barreda-Bautista, Betsabé, Boyd, Doreen S., Metcalfe, Sarah E., Sjogersten, Sofie, van Tussenbroek, Brigitta, Silva, Rodolfo, Foody, Giles M.

“…The bloom of pelagic Sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean has become increasingly problematic, especially when the algae have beached. A build-up of decaying…”
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On the Reliable Generation of 3D City Models from Open Data by Girindran, Renoy, Boyd, Doreen S, Rosser, Julian, Vijayan, Dhanya, Long, Gavin, Robinson, Darren

“…A 3D model communicates more effectively than a 2D model, hence the applications of 3D city models are rapidly gaining significance in urban studies. However,…”
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Detection of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Liana Infestation Using Satellite-Derived Imagery by Chandler, Chris J., van der Heijden, Geertje M. F., Boyd, Doreen S., Foody, Giles M.

“…Lianas (woody vines) play a key role in tropical forest dynamics because of their strong influence on tree growth, mortality and regeneration. Assessing liana…”
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Tropical Peatland Vegetation Structure and Biomass: Optimal Exploitation of Airborne Laser Scanning by Brown, Chloe, Boyd, Doreen S., Sjögersten, Sofie, Clewley, Daniel, Evers, Stephanie L., Aplin, Paul

“…Accurate estimation of above ground biomass (AGB) is required to better understand the variability and dynamics of tropical peat swamp forest (PSF) ecosystem…”
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Monitoring holopelagic Sargassum spp. along the Mexican Caribbean coast: understanding and addressing user requirements for satellite remote sensing by de la Barreda-Bautista, Betsabé, Metcalfe, Sarah E., Smith, Geoff, Sjögersten, Sofie, Boyd, Doreen S., Cerdeira-Estrada, Sergio, López-Ramírez, Pablo, Magaldi, Adolfo, Ressl, Rainer, Perera-Valderrama, Susana, Caballero-Aragón, Hansel, Siordia, Oscar S., Couldridge, Jonathan, Gray, Paul, Silva, Rodolfo, Van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I., Escalante‐Mancera, Edgar, Foody, Giles

“…Massive influxes of holopelagic Sargassum spp. ( Sargassum natans and S. fluitans ) have been causing major economic, environmental and ecological problems…”
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Unoccupied aerial vehicles as a tool to map lizard operative temperature in tropical environments by Higgins, Emma A., Boyd, Doreen S., Brown, Tom W., Owen, Sarah C., Heijden, Geertje M. F., Algar, Adam C.

“…To understand how ectotherms will respond to warming temperatures, we require information on thermal habitat quality at spatial resolutions and extents…”
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Disentangling controls on animal abundance: Prey availability, thermal habitat, and microhabitat structure by Higgins, Emma A., Boyd, Doreen S., Brown, Tom W., Owen, Sarah C., Algar, Adam C.

“…The question of what controls animal abundance has always been fundamental to ecology, but given rapid environmental change, understanding the drivers and…”
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