Forest Transition in Madagascar’s Highlands: Initial Evidence and Implications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Theoretical Motivations
1.2. Forest Change Studies in Madagascar and Advances in Remote Sensing
2. Study Area
3. Methods
3.1. Remotely Sensed Data, Digital Image Processing and Change Detection
Band | Slope | Intercept | R2 |
---|---|---|---|
Blue | 0.013 | −51.128 | 0.928 |
Green | 0.007 | −28.163 | 0.910 |
Red | 0.008 | −33.207 | 0.949 |
Near Infrared | 0.006 | −20.427 | 0.971 |
Shortwave Infrared 1 | 0.010 | −44.685 | 0.986 |
Shortwave Infrared 2 | 0.007 | −32.121 | 0.978 |
3.2. Explaining the Observed Woodland Dynamics
4. Results
4.1. Remote Sensing and Case Study Analysis
4.2. Political Ecological Context of Tree Cover Change
5. Discussion and Conclusions
5.1. On Pathways and Processes of Forest Transitions and Landscape Change
5.2. On Resilient Livelihoods and Sustainable Environments
5.3. Future Directions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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