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Monitoring forest-savanna dynamics in the Guineo-Congolian transition area of the centre region of Cameroon / Le Bienfaiteur Sagang Takougoum (2022)  

Public Titre : Monitoring forest-savanna dynamics in the Guineo-Congolian transition area of the centre region of Cameroon Type de document : Thèse/HDR Auteurs : Le Bienfaiteur Sagang Takougoum, Auteur ; Bonaventure Sonké, Directeur de thèse ; Nicolas Barbier, Directeur de thèse Editeur : Yaoundé : Université de Yaoundé Année de publication : 2022 Importance : 166 p. Format : 21 x 30 cm Note générale : Bibliographie Thèse pour obtenir le grade de Docteur de l'Université de Yaoundé 1, Spécialité Botanique-Ecologie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] biomasse aérienne [Termes IGN] Cameroun [Termes IGN] carte d'utilisation du sol [Termes IGN] carte de la végétation [Termes IGN] classification dirigée [Termes IGN] classification par maximum de vraisemblance [Termes IGN] données de terrain [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] dynamique de la végétation [Termes IGN] écotone [Termes IGN] flore locale [Termes IGN] forêt [Termes IGN] Google Earth Engine [Termes IGN] image Landsat [Termes IGN] image SPOT 6 [Termes IGN] image SPOT 7 [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] modèle statistique [Termes IGN] savane [Termes IGN] surveillance forestière Index. décimale : THESE Thèses et HDR Résumé : (Auteur) Understanding the effects of global change (combining anthropic and climatic pressures) on biome distribution needs innovative approaches allowing to address the large spatial scales involved and the scarcity of available ground data. Characterizing vegetation dynamics at landscape to regional scale requires both a high level of spatial detail (resolution), generally obtained through precise field measurements, and a sufficient coverage of the land surface (extent) provided by satellite images. The difficulty usually lies between these two scales as both signal saturation from satellite data and ground sampling limitations contribute to inaccurate extrapolations. Airborne laser scanning (ALS) data has revolutionized the trade-off between spatial detail and landscape coverage as it gives accurate information of the vegetation’s structure over large areas which can be used to calibrate satellite data. Also recent satellite data of improved spectral and spatial resolutions (Sentinel 2) allow for detailed characterizations of compositional gradients in the vegetation, notably in terms of the abundance of broad functional/optical plant types. Another major obstacle comes from the lack of a temporal perspective on dynamics and disturbances. Growing satellite imagery archives over several decades (45 years; Landsat) and available computing facilities such as Google Earth Engine (GEE) provide new possibilities to track long term successional trajectories and detect significant disturbances (i.e. fire) at a fine spatial detail (30m) and relate them to the current structure and composition of the vegetation. With these game changing tools our objective was to track long-term dynamics of forest-savanna ecotone in the Guineo-Congolian transition area of the Central Region of Cameroon with induced changes in the vegetatio structure and composition within two contrasted scenarios of anthropogenic pressures: 1) the Nachtigal area which is targeted for the dam construction and subject to intense agricultural activities and 2) the Mpem et Djim National Park (MDNP) which has no management plan. The maximum likelihood classification of the Spot 6/7 image aided with the information from the canopy height derived from ALS data discriminated the vegetation types within the Nachtigal area with good accuracy (96.5%). Using field plots data in upscaling aboveground biomass (AGB) form field plots estimates to the satellite estimates with model-based approaches lead to a systematic overestimation in AGB density estimates and a root mean squared prediction error (RMSPE) of up to 65 Mg.ha−1 (90%), whereas calibration with ALS data (AGBALS) lead to low bias and a drop of ~30% in RMSPE (down to 43 Mg.ha−1, 58%) with little effect of the satellite sensor used. However, these results also confirm that, whatever the spectral indices used and attention paid to sensor quality and pre-processing, the signal is not sufficient to warrant accurate pixel wise predictions, because of large relative RMSPE, especially above (200–250 Mg.ha−1). The design-based approach, for which average AGB density values were attributed to mapped land cover classes, proved to be a simple and reliable alternative (for landscape to region level estimations), when trained with dense ALS samples. AGB and species diversity measured within 74 field inventory plots (distributed along a savanna to forest successional gradient) were higher for the vegetation located in the MDNP compared to their pairs in the Nachtigal area. The automated unsupervised long-term (45 years) land cover change monitoring from Landsat image archives based on GEE captured a consistent and regular pattern of forest progression into savanna at an average rate of 1% (ca. 6 km².year-1). No fire occurrence was captured for savanna that transited to forest within five years of monitoring. Distinct assemblages of spectral species are apparent in forest vegetation which is consistent with the age of transition. As forest gets older AGBALS recovers at a rate of 4.3 Mg.ha-1.year-1 in young forest stands ( Note de contenu : Chapter 1. Generalities 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Literature Review Chapter 2. Material And Methods 2.1 Material 2.2 Methods Chapter 3. Results And Discussion 3.1 Results 3.2 Discussion Chapter 4. Conclusion And Perspectives 4.1 Conclusion 4.2 Perspectives Numéro de notice : 26820 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Thèse étrangère Note de thèse : Thèse de doctorat : Botanique-Ecologie : Yaoundé : 2022 Organisme de stage : Institut de Recherche pour le Développement IRD nature-HAL : Thèse DOI : sans Date de publication en ligne : 13/04/2022 En ligne : https://hal.inrae.fr/tel-03528875/document Format de la ressource électronique : URL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100465

Using terrestrial laser scanning data to estimate large tropical trees biomass and calibrate allometric models: A comparison with traditional destructive approach / Stéphane Momo Takoudjou in Methods in ecology and evolution, vol 9 n° 4 (April 2018)  

Public [article]  inMethods in ecology and evolution > vol 9 n° 4 (April 2018) . - pp 905 - 916 Titre : Using terrestrial laser scanning data to estimate large tropical trees biomass and calibrate allometric models: A comparison with traditional destructive approach Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Stéphane Momo Takoudjou, Auteur ; Pierre Ploton, Auteur ; Bonaventure Sonké, Auteur ; Jan Hackenberg , Auteur ; Sébastien Griffon, Auteur ; François de Coligny, Auteur ; Narcisse Guy Kamdem, Auteur ; Moses Libalah, Auteur ; Gislain 2 Mofack, Auteur ; Gilles Le Moguédec, Auteur ; Raphaël Pélissier, Auteur ; Nicolas Barbier, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Projets : 3-projet - voir note / Article en page(s) : pp 905 - 916 Note générale : bibliographie Funding Information : Global Environment Facility (Grant Number: TF010038), World Bank and French Government scholarship Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] Afrique centrale [Termes IGN] biomasse aérienne [Termes IGN] Cameroun [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] forêt tropicale [Termes IGN] modèle de croissance végétale [Termes IGN] puits de carbone [Termes IGN] volume en bois Mots-clés libres : Quantitative Structure Model Résumé : (auteur) Calibration of local, regional or global allometric equations to estimate biomass at the tree level constitutes a significant burden on projects aiming at reducing Carbon emissions from forest degradation and deforestation. The objective of this contribution is to assess the precision and accuracy of Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) for estimating volumes and above‐ground biomass (AGB) of the woody parts of tropical trees, and for the calibration of allometric models. We used a destructive dataset of 61 trees, with diameters and AGB of up to 186.6 cm and 60 Mg respectively, which were scanned, felled and weighed in the semi‐deciduous forests of eastern Cameroon. We present an operational approach based on available software allowing the retrieving of TLS volume with low bias and high accuracy for large tropical trees. Edition of the obtained models proved necessary, mainly to account for the complexity of buttressed parts of tree trunks, which were separately modelled through a meshing approach, and to bring a few corrections in the topology and geometry of branches, thanks to the amapstudio‐scan software. Over the entire dataset, TLS‐derived volumes proved highly reliable for branches larger than 5 cm in diameter. The volumes of the remaining woody parts estimated for stumps, stems and crowns as well as for the whole tree proved very accurate (RMSE below 2.81% and R² above of .98) and unbiased. Once converted into AGB using mean local‐specific wood density values, TLS estimates allowed calibrating a biomass allometric model with coefficients statistically undistinguishable from those of a model based on destructive data. The Unedited Quantitative Structure Model (QSM) however leads to systematic overestimations of woody volumes and subsequently to significantly different allometric parameters. We can therefore conclude that a non‐destructive TLS approach can now be used as an operational alternative to traditional destructive sampling to build the allometric equations, although attention must be paid to the quality of QSM model adjustments to avoid systematic bias. Numéro de notice : A2018-205 Affiliation des auteurs : LIF+Ext (2012-2019) Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueNat DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.12933 Date de publication en ligne : 07/11/2017 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12933 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=93819 [article]