Quantifying Ancient Maya Land Use Legacy Effects on Contemporary Rainforest Canopy Structure
Abstract
:1. Background and Rationale
1.1. Human Land Use Legacies
1.2. Forest Canopy Structure
2. Objectives
3. Study Area
4. Methods
4.1. LiDAR Data Collection, Extraction, and Sampling
4.2. Statistical Analysis
5. Results and Discussion
Sources of Variation | df | Mean Square | F | r2 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land Use Type * | 1 | 0.024 | 5.04 | 0.013 | 0.016 |
Slope | 1 | 0.134 | 50.82 | 0.134 | 0.001 |
Elevation | 1 | 0.028 | 10.74 | 0.028 | 0.001 |
Slope: Aspect | 1 | 0.022 | 4.54 | 0.012 | 0.026 |
Slope: Elevation | 1 | 0.042 | 15.78 | 0.041 | 0.001 |
Residuals | 284 | 0.005 | 0.748 |
Sources of Variation | df | Mean Square | F | r2 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land Use Type * | 1 | 0.227 | 5.02 | 0.015 | 0.005 |
Slope | 1 | 1.048 | 23.21 | 0.068 | 0.001 |
Land Use Type: Slope | 1 | 0.170 | 3.76 | 0.011 | 0.018 |
Slope: Elevation | 1 | 0.482 | 10.68 | 0.031 | 0.001 |
Residuals | 284 | 0.045 | 0.083 |
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Hightower JN, Butterfield AC, Weishampel JF. Quantifying Ancient Maya Land Use Legacy Effects on Contemporary Rainforest Canopy Structure. Remote Sensing. 2014; 6(11):10716-10732. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs61110716
Chicago/Turabian StyleHightower, Jessica N., A. Christine Butterfield, and John F. Weishampel. 2014. "Quantifying Ancient Maya Land Use Legacy Effects on Contemporary Rainforest Canopy Structure" Remote Sensing 6, no. 11: 10716-10732. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs61110716
APA StyleHightower, J. N., Butterfield, A. C., & Weishampel, J. F. (2014). Quantifying Ancient Maya Land Use Legacy Effects on Contemporary Rainforest Canopy Structure. Remote Sensing, 6(11), 10716-10732. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs61110716