Nicolas Barbier

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Allometric Equations for Aboveground Biomass Estimation in Wet Miombo Forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Using Terrestrial LiDAR

Jonathan Ilunga Muledi , Stéphane Takoudjou Momo , Pierre Ploton , Augustin Lamulamu Kamukenge , Wilfred Kombe Ibey et al.
Environments, 2025, 12 (8), pp.260. ⟨10.3390/environments12080260⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05234979 v1
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Local Forest Structure and Host Specificity Influence Liana Community Composition in a Moist Central African Forest

Begüm Kaçamak , Maxime Réjou-Méchain , Nick P Rowe , Vivien Rossi , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Ecology and Evolution, 2025, 15 (3), pp.e71075. ⟨10.1002/ece3.71075⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04987352 v1
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Sentinel-2 forest typology mapping in Central Africa: assessing deep learning and image preprocessing effects

Gaëlle Viennois , Hadrien Tulet , Paul Tresson , Pierre Ploton , Pierre Couteron et al.
Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 2025, 6, ⟨10.3389/frsen.2025.1682132⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05305563 v1
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The global spectrum of tree crown architecture

Tommaso Jucker , Fabian Jörg Fischer , Jérôme Chave , David A Coomes , John Caspersen et al.
Nature Communications, 2025, 16, ⟨10.1038/s41467-025-60262-x⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05088584 v1
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Spaceborne and UAV-LiDAR reveal hammer-headed bat preference for intermediate canopy height and diverse structure in a Central African rainforest

Nicholas J Russo , Jean Michel Takuo , Valorian Tegebong , Matthew Lebreton , Morgan Dean et al.
Movement Ecology, 2025, 13, pp.13. ⟨10.1186/s40462-025-00552-7⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05046718 v1
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TROLL 4.0: representing water and carbon fluxes, leaf phenology, and intraspecific trait variation in a mixed-species individual-based forest dynamics model – Part 2: Model evaluation for two Amazonian sites

Sylvain Schmitt , Fabian J Fischer , James G C Ball , Nicolas Barbier , Marion Boisseaux et al.
Geoscientific Model Development, 2025, 18 (16), pp.5205-5243. ⟨10.5194/egusphere-2024-3106⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04769801 v1
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Combining satellite and field data reveals Congo's forest types structure, functioning and composition

Juliette Picard , Maïalicah M Nungi‐pambu Dembi , Nicolas Barbier , Guillaume Cornu , Pierre Couteron et al.
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2025, 11 (2), pp.200-220. ⟨10.1002/rse2.419⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04739747 v1
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State of the art and for remote sensing monitoring of carbon dynamics in African tropical forests

Thomas Bossy , Philippe Ciais , Solène Renaudineau , Liang Wan , Bertrand Ygorra et al.
Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 2025, 6, ⟨10.3389/frsen.2025.1532280⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05023694 v1
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Three‐dimensional vegetation structure drives patterns of seed dispersal by African hornbills

Nicholas J Russo , Docas L Nshom , António Ferraz , Nicolas Barbier , Martin Wikelski et al.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024, 93 (12), pp.1935-1946. ⟨10.1111/1365-2656.14202⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04797837 v1
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LiDAR-based reference aboveground biomass maps for tropical forests of South Asia and Central Africa

Suraj Reddy Rodda , Rakesh Fararoda , Rajashekar Gopalakrishnan , Nidhi Jha , Maxime Réjou-Méchain et al.
Scientific Data , 2024, 11, pp.334. ⟨10.1038/s41597-024-03162-x⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04540481 v1
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Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities

Declan L M Cooper , Simon L Lewis , Martin J P Sullivan , Paulo I Prado , Hans ter Steege et al.
Nature, 2024, 625, pp.728-734. ⟨10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04414779 v1
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Interactions between soil and other environmental variables modulate forest expansion and ecotone dynamics in humid savannas of Central Africa

Le Bienfaiteur Takougoum Sagang , Imma Tcheferi , Pierre Ploton , Moses Libalah , Murielle Simo-Droissart et al.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2024, 291, pp.20241120. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2024.1120⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04764653 v1
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Multi-sensor airborne lidar requires intercalibration for consistent estimation of light attenuation and plant area density

Grégoire Vincent , Philippe Verley , Benjamin Brede , Guillaume Delaitre , Eliott Maurent et al.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023, 286, pp.113442. ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2022.113442⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03932451 v1

Forest and tree species distribution on the ultramafic substrates of New Caledonia

Philippe Birnbaum , Thomas Ibanez , Grégoire Blanchard , Dimitri Justeau-Allaire , Vanessa Hequet et al.
Botany Letters, 2023, 170 (3), pp.412-424. ⟨10.1080/23818107.2023.2181216⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04048905 v1

Natural regeneration in tropical forests along a disturbance gradient in South-East Cameroon

Donatien Zébazé , Anaïs Gorel , Jean-François Gillet , Fructueux Houngbégnon , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Forest Ecology and Management, 2023, 547, pp.121402. ⟨10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121402⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04204422 v1

UAV‐Lidar reveals that canopy structure mediates the influence of edge effects on forest diversity, function and microclimate

Grégoire Blanchard , Nicolas Barbier , Ghislain Vieilledent , Thomas Ibanez , Vanessa Hequet et al.
Journal of Ecology, 2023, 111, pp.1411-1427. ⟨10.1111/1365-2745.14105⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04106116 v1
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Linking Drone and Ground-Based Liana Measurements in a Congolese Forest

Begüm Kaçamak , Nicolas Barbier , Mélaine Aubry-Kientz , Eric Forni , Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury et al.
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022, 5, ⟨10.3389/ffgc.2022.803194⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03612831 v1
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Non-destructive estimation of individual tree biomass: Allometric models, terrestrial and UAV laser scanning

Benjamin Brede , Louise Terryn , Nicolas Barbier , Harm M. Bartholomeus , Renée Bartolo et al.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022, 280, ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2022.113180⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03764393 v1
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Peering through the thicket: Effects of UAV LiDAR scanner settings and flight planning on canopy volume discovery

Benjamin Brede , Harm M. Bartholomeus , Nicolas Barbier , François Pimont , Grégoire Vincent et al.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2022, 114, ⟨10.1016/j.jag.2022.103056⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03839079 v1
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Stability in time and consistency between atmospheric corrections: Assessing the reliability of Sentinel-2 products for biodiversity monitoring in tropical forests

Eric Chraibi , Florian de Boissieu , Nicolas Barbier , Sandra Luque , Jean-Baptiste Féret
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2022, 112, pp.102884. ⟨10.1016/j.jag.2022.102884⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03747311 v1
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Monitoring vegetation dynamics with open earth observation tools: the case of fire-modulated savanna to forest transitions in Central Africa

Le Bienfaiteur Sagang Takougoum , Pierre Ploton , Gaëlle Viennois , Jean-Baptiste Féret , Bonaventure Sonké et al.
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2022, 188, pp.142-156. ⟨10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.04.008⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03649011 v1
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Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

Laura Duncanson , James Kellner , John Armston , Ralph Dubayah , David Minor et al.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022, 270, pp.112845. ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03516285 v1
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Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database

Tommaso Jucker , Fabian Jörg Fischer , Jérôme Chave , David Coomes , John Caspersen et al.
Global Change Biology, 2022, 28 (17), pp.5254-5268. ⟨10.1111/gcb.16302⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03707339 v1
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Automated landform classification and mapping using a combined textural-morphometric approach: the Congo basin and surroundings

Gaëlle Viennois , Francois Betard , Vincent Freycon , Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron
Journal of Geomorphology, 2022, 1 (1), pp.79-102. ⟨10.1127/jgeomorphology/2022/0752⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03820759 v1
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Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change

M. Réjou-Méchain , Frédéric Mortier , Jean-François Bastin , Guillaume Cornu , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Nature, 2021, 593, pp.90-94. ⟨10.1038/s41586-021-03483-6⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03205277 v1
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Fast Unsupervised Multi-Scale Characterization of Urban Landscapes Based on Earth Observation Data

Claire Teillet , Benjamin Pillot , Thibault Catry , Laurent Demagistri , Dominique Lyszczarz et al.
Remote Sensing, 2021, 13 (12), pp.2398. ⟨10.3390/rs13122398⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03294302 v1
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The NASA AfriSAR campaign: Airborne SAR and lidar measurements of tropical forest structure and biomass in support of current and future space missions

Temilola Fatoyinbo , John Armston , Marc Simard , Sassan Saatchi , Michael Denbina et al.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021, 264, pp.112533. ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2021.112533⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03283894 v1
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The real potential of current passive satellite data to map aboveground biomass in tropical forests

Nidhi Jha , Nitin Kumar Tripathi , Nicolas Barbier , Salvatore G. P. Virdis , Wirong Chanthorn et al.
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2021, 7 (3), pp.504-520. ⟨10.1002/rse2.203⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03193170 v1
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Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry

Grace Jopaul Loubota Panzou , Adeline Fayolle , Tommaso Jucker , Oliver Phillips , Stephanie Bohlman et al.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2021, 30 (2), pp.459-475. ⟨10.1111/geb.13231⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03103872 v1

African tropical montane forests store more carbon than was thought

Nicolas Barbier
Nature, 2021, 596 (7873), pp.488-490. ⟨10.1038/d41586-021-02266-3⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03331304 v1

Evaluation of automated pipelines for tree and plot metric estimation from TLS data in tropical forest areas

Olivier Martin-Ducup , Gislain Ii Mofack , Di Wang , Pasi Raumonen , Pierre Ploton et al.
Annals of Botany, 2021, 128 (6), pp.753-766. ⟨10.1093/aob/mcab051⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03211127 v1

Terrestrial laser scanning reveals convergence of tree architecture with increasingly dominant crown canopy position

Olivier Martin-Ducup , Pierre Ploton , Nicolas Barbier , Stephane Momo Takoudjou , Gislain Ii Mofack et al.
Functional Ecology, 2020, 34 (12), pp.2442-2452. ⟨10.1111/1365-2435.13678⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02943974 v1
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Leveraging Signatures of plant functional Strategies in Wood Density Profiles of African Trees to correct Mass estimations from terrestrial Laser Data

Stephane Momo Takoudjou , Pierre Ploton , Olivier Martin-Ducup , Romain Lehnebach , Claire Fortunel et al.
Scientific Reports, 2020, 10 (1), pp.2001. ⟨10.1038/s41598-020-58733-w⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02470476 v1
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A map of African humid tropical forest aboveground biomass derived from management inventories

Pierre Ploton , Frédéric Mortier , Nicolas Barbier , Guillaume Cornu , Maxime Réjou-Méchain et al.
Scientific Data , 2020, 7 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41597-020-0561-0⟩
Article dans une revue (data paper) hal-02929027 v1
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Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models

Pierre Ploton , Frédéric Mortier , Maxime Réjou-Méchain , Nicolas Barbier , Nicolas Picard et al.
Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41467-020-18321-y⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02936567 v1
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Multiple Stable Dominance States in the Congo Basin Forests

John Katembo , Moses B. Libalah , Faustin B Boyemba , Gilles Dauby , Nicolas Barbier
Forests, 2020, 11 (5), pp.553. ⟨10.3390/f11050553⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02586110 v1
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Additive influences of soil and climate gradients drive tree community composition of Central African rainforests

Moses Libalah Bakonck , Vincent Droissart , Bonaventure Sonké , Nicolas Barbier , Gilles Dauby et al.
Journal of Vegetation Science, 2020, 31 (6), pp.1154-1167. ⟨10.1111/jvs.12918⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02885165 v1
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Airborne Lidar Sampling Pivotal for Accurate Regional AGB Predictions from Multispectral Images in Forest-Savanna Landscapes

Le Bienfaiteur Sagang Takougoum , Pierre Ploton , Bonaventure Sonké , Hervé Poilvé , Pierre Couteron et al.
Remote Sensing, 2020, 12 (10), pp.1637. ⟨10.3390/rs12101637⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02619063 v1

Allometric Models to Estimate Leaf Area for Tropical African Broadleaved Forests

Nelly F. Sirri , M. Libalah , Stephane Momo Takoudjou , Pierre Ploton , V. Medjibe et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, 46 (15), pp.8985-8994. ⟨10.1029/2019GL083514⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02275384 v1

Upscaling Forest Biomass from Field to Satellite Measurements: Sources of Errors and Ways to Reduce Them

Maxime Réjou-Méchain , Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Pierre Ploton , Grégoire Vincent et al.
Surveys in Geophysics, 2019, 40 (4), pp.881-911. ⟨10.1007/s10712-019-09532-0⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02189103 v1
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Exploring the relation between remotely sensed vertical canopy structure and tree species diversity in Gabon

Suzanne Mariëlle Marselis , Hao Tang , John Armston , Katharine Abernethy , Alfonso Alonso et al.
Environmental Research Letters, 2019, 14 (9), pp.094013. ⟨10.1088/1748-9326/ab2dcd⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02302269 v1
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The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation

L. Duncanson , J. Armston , M. Disney , V. Avitabile , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Surveys in Geophysics, 2019, 40 (4), pp.979-999. ⟨10.1007/s10712-019-09538-8⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02403066 v1

Using volume-weighted average wood specific gravity of trees reduces bias in aboveground biomass predictions from forest volume data

Le Bienfaiteur Sagang Takougoum , Stephane Momo Takoudjou , Moses Libalah Bakonck , Vivien Rossi , Noël Fonton et al.
Forest Ecology and Management, 2018, 424, pp.519-528. ⟨10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.054⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01918113 v1

In Situ Reference Datasets From the TropiSAR and AfriSAR Campaigns in Support of Upcoming Spaceborne Biomass Missions

Nicolas Labrière , Shengli Tao , Jérôme Chave , Klaus Scipal , Thuy Le Toan et al.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2018, 11 (10), pp.3617-3627. ⟨10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2851606⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01932955 v1

Using textural analysis for regional landform and landscape mapping, Eastern Guiana Shield

Pierre Bugnicourt , Stéphane Guitet , Valdenira Santos , Lilian Blanc , Eleneide Sotta et al.
Geomorphology, 2018, 317, pp.23 - 44. ⟨10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.017⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01850267 v1
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Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees

Jean-Francois Bastin , Ervan Rutishauser , James Kellner , Sassan Saatchi , Raphaël Pélissier et al.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018, 27 (11), pp.1366-1383. ⟨10.1111/geb.12803⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02102265 v1

A regional allometry for the Congo basin forests based on the largest ever destructive sampling

Adeline Fayolle , Alfred Ngomanda , Michel Mbasi , Nicolas Barbier , Yannick Bocko et al.
Forest Ecology and Management, 2018, 430, pp.228-240. ⟨10.1016/j.foreco.2018.07.030⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02171750 v1
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Using terrestrial laser scanning data to estimate large tropical trees biomass and calibrate allometric models: A comparison with traditional destructive approach

Stephane Momo Takoudjou , Pierre Ploton , Bonaventure Sonké , Jan Hackenberg , Sebastien Griffon et al.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2018, 9 (4), pp.905-916. ⟨10.1111/2041-210X.12933⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01837401 v1
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Inverting Aboveground Biomass?Canopy Texture Relationships in a Landscape of Forest Mosaic in the Western Ghats of India Using Very High Resolution Cartosat Imagery

Sourabh Pargal , Rakesh Fararoda , Gopalakrishnan Rajashekar , Natesan Balachandran , Maxime Réjou-Méchain et al.
Remote Sensing, 2017, 9 (3), pp.228. ⟨10.3390/rs9030228⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01556328 v1
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Toward a general tropical forest biomass prediction model from very high resolution optical satellite images

Pierre Ploton , Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Cécile Antin , Narayanan Ayyappan et al.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017, 200, pp.140 - 153. ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2017.08.001⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01824235 v1
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Assimilating satellite-based canopy height within an ecosystem model to estimate aboveground forest biomass

E. Joetzjer , M. Pillet , Philippe Ciais , Nicolas Barbier , Jérôme Chave et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 44 (13), pp.6823-6832. ⟨10.1002/2017gl074150⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02162210 v1
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Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes

Tommaso Jucker , John Caspersen , Jérôme Chave , Cécile Antin , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Global Change Biology, 2017, 23 (1), pp.177 - 190. ⟨10.1111/gcb.13388⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01824479 v1

Contrasted allometries between stem diameter, crown area, and tree height in five tropical biogeographic areas

Elodie Blanchard , Philippe Birnbaum , Thomas Ibanez , Thomas Boutreux , Cécile Antin et al.
Trees - Structure and Function, 2016, 30 (6), pp.1953-1968. ⟨10.1007/s00468-016-1424-3⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01940496 v1

Equatorial Forests Display Distinct Trends in Phenological Variation: A Time-Series Analysis of Vegetation Index Data from Three Continents

Emil Alexander Cherrington , Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Ploton , Grégoire Vincent , Daniel Sabatier et al.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2016, 9 (8), pp.3505-3511. ⟨10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2566670⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01983224 v1
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Regional scale rain-forest height mapping using regression-kriging of spaceborne and airborne LiDAR Data: application on French Guiana

Ibrahim S Fayad , Nicolas Baghdadi , Jean-Stéphane Bailly , Nicolas Barbier , Valéry Gond et al.
Remote Sensing, 2016, 8 (3), pp.240 (1-18). ⟨10.3390/rs8030240⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01943016 v1
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Closing a gap in tropical forest biomass estimation : taking crown mass variation into account in pantropical allometries

Pierre Ploton , Nicolas Barbier , Stephane Momo Takoudjou , Maxime Réjou-Méchain , Faustin Boyemba Bosela et al.
Biogeosciences, 2016, 13 (5), pp.1571-1585. ⟨10.5194/bg-13-1571-2016⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01358263 v1

Attenuating the bidirectional texture variation of satellite images of tropical forest canopies

Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015, 171, pp.245-260. ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2015.10.007⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02080999 v1
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Seeing Central African forests through their largest trees

J. Bastin , N. Barbier , M. Réjou-Méchain , A. Fayolle , S. Gourlet-Fleury et al.
Scientific Reports, 2015, 5 (1), ⟨10.1038/srep13156⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01892195 v1

BRDF-corrected vegetation indices confirm seasonal pattern in greening of French Guiana's forests.

Emil Alexander Cherrington , Grégoire Vincent , Daniel Sabatier , Nicolas Barbier , Uta Berger et al.
Revue Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection, 2015, Forêt, 211-212, pp.3-9. ⟨10.52638/rfpt.2015.536⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02274037 v1
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Coupling potential of ICESat/GLAS and SRTM for the discrimination of forest landscape types in French Guiana

I. Fayad , N. Baghdadi , V. Gond , Jean-Stéphane Bailly , N. Barbier et al.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2014, 33 (1), p. 21 - p. 31. ⟨10.1016/j.jag.2014.04.005⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01059051 v1
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Canopy Height Estimation in French Guiana with LiDAR ICESat/GLAS Data Using Principal Component Analysis and Random Forest Regressions

Ibrahim S Fayad , Nicolas Baghdadi , Jean-Stéphane Bailly , Nicolas Barbier , Valéry Gond et al.
Remote Sensing, 2014, 6 (12), pp.11883-11914. ⟨10.3390/rs61211883⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02024951 v1

Aboveground biomass mapping of African forest mosaics using canopy texture analysis: toward a regional approach

Jean-Francois Bastin , Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Benoît Adams , Aurélie Shapiro et al.
Ecological Applications, 2014, 24 (8), pp.1984-2001. ⟨10.1890/13-1574.1⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02065085 v1
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Multiresolution quantification of deciduouness in West central African Forest

Gaëlle Viennois , Nicolas Barbier , I. Fabre , Pierre Couteron
Biogeosciences, 2013, 10 (11), pp.6957-6967. ⟨10.5194/bg-10-6957-2013⟩
Article dans une revue halsde-00906207 v1

Canopy height model characteristics derived from airbone laser scanning and its effectiveness in discriminating various tropical moist forest types

Pol Kennel , Marie Tramon , Nicolas Barbier , Grégoire Vincent
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2013, 34 (24), pp.8917-8935. ⟨10.1080/01431161.2013.858846⟩
Article dans une revue lirmm-01713739 v1

Assessing aboveground tropical forest biomass using Google Earth canopy images

Pierre Ploton , Raphaël Pélissier , Christophe Proisy , Théo Flavenot , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Ecological Applications, 2012, 22 (3), pp.993-1003. ⟨10.1890/11-1606.1⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02313590 v1

Determinants and dynamics of banded vegetation pattern migration in arid climates

Vincent Deblauwe , Pierre Couteron , Jan Bogaert , Nicolas Barbier
Ecological monographs, 2012, 82 (1), pp.3-21. ⟨10.1890/11-0362.1⟩
Article dans une revue halsde-00700495 v1
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Linking canopy images to forest structural parameters : potential of a modeling framework

Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry , Christophe Proisy
Annals of Forest Science, 2012, 69 (2), pp.305-311. ⟨10.1007/s13595-011-0116-9⟩
Article dans une revue ird-00657316 v2
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Linking remote-sensing information to tropical forest structure : the crucial role of modelling

Pierre Couteron , Nicolas Barbier , Christophe Proisy , Raphaël Pélissier , Grégoire Vincent
IEEE Earthzine, 2012, 10 p
Article dans une revue hal-04984310 v1

Relationships between fire history, edaphic factors and woody vegetation structure and composition in a semi-arid savanna landscape (Niger, West Africa)

Abdoulaye Diouf , Nicolas Barbier , Anne Mette Lykke , Pierre Couteron , Vincent Deblauwe et al.
Applied Vegetation Science, 2012, 15 (4), pp.488-500
Article dans une revue hal-04980231 v1

book review: Macro‐ecology of the world’s savannas

Nicolas Barbier
Frontiers of Biogeography, 2012, 3 (1), ⟨10.21425/F5FBG12389⟩
Article dans une revue ird-04982049 v1

Bidirectional texture function of metric resolution optical images of tropical forest: an approach using LiDAR hillshade simulations

Nicolas Barbier , Christophe Proisy , Cédric Vega , Pierre Couteron , Daniel Sabatier
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2011, 115 (1), pp.167-179. ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2010.08.015⟩
Article dans une revue istex halsde-00564264 v1

Relationships between phenology, radiation and precipitation in the Amazon region

Andrew V. Bradley , France F. Gerard , Nicolas Barbier , G. P. Weedon , Liana O. Anderson et al.
Global Change Biology, 2011, 17 (6), pp.2245-2260. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02405.x⟩
Article dans une revue halsde-00675178 v1

Environmental modulation of self-organized periodic vegetation patterns in Sudan

Vincent Deblauwe , Pierre Couteron , Olivier Lejeune , Jan Bogaert , Nicolas Barbier
Ecography, 2011, 34 (6), pp.990-1001. ⟨10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06694.x⟩
Article dans une revue halsde-00675431 v1
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Evaluating the Potential of Commercial Forest Inventory Data to Report on Forest Carbon Stock and Forest Carbon Stock Changes for REDD+ under the UNFCCC

Danae Maniatis , Yadvinder Malhi , Laurent Saint André , Danilo Mollicone , Nicolas Barbier et al.
International Journal of Forestry Research, 2011, 2011, pp.1 - 13. ⟨10.1155/2011/134526⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04980260 v1

Estimates and relationships between aboveground and belowground resource exchange surface areas in a Sitka spruce managed forest

A. Butler , Nicolas Barbier , J. Cermak , J. Koller , C. Thornily et al.
Tree Physiology, 2010, 30 (6), pp.705-714. ⟨10.1093/treephys/tpq022⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04981946 v1

Caractérisation de la structure spatiale des individus ligneux dans une « brousse tachetée » au sud-ouest du Niger

Abdoulaye Diouf , Nicolas Barbier , Ali Mahamane , Jean Lejoly , Mahamane Saadou et al.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2010, 40 (4), pp.827-835. ⟨10.1139/X10-031⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04981959 v1

Impact du feu sur la structure et la composition floristique d’un peuplement forestier de Côte d’Ivoire et interaction avec les traitements sylvicoles

Memel Yedmel , Adjumane Kadio , Olivier Hardy , N’guessan François Kouame , Nicolas Barbier
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2010, 40 (10), pp.1904-1913. ⟨10.1139/X10-117⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04981997 v1

Multiscale comparison of spatial patterns using two-dimensional cross-spectral analysis: application to a semi-arid (gapped) landscape

Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Olivier Planchon , A. Diouf
Landscape Ecology, 2010, 25 (6), pp.889-902. ⟨10.1007/s10980-010-9466-1⟩
Article dans une revue istex halsde-00564564 v1

Remote sensing detection of droughts in Amazonian forest canopies

Liana O. Anderson , Yadvinder Malhi , Luiz E. O. C. Aragão , Richard Ladle , Ryohachi Arai et al.
New Phytologist, 2010, 1187 (3), pp.733-750. ⟨10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03355.x⟩
Article dans une revue halsde-00520168 v1

The variation of apparent crown size and canopy heterogeneity across lowland Amazonian forests

Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Christophe Proisy , Yadvinder Malhi , Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2010, 19 (1), pp.72 - 84. ⟨10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00493.x⟩
Article dans une revue istex halsde-00454134 v1

Dynamique paysagère en milieu de transition forêt-savane ivoirienne

Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima , Nicolas Barbier , Issouf Bamba , Dossahoua Traoré , Jean Lejoly et al.
Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 2009, 299, pp.15. ⟨10.19182/bft2009.299.a20419⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04982399 v1
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Deeply gapped vegetation patterns: On crown/root allometry, criticality and desertification

R. René Lefever , Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Olivier Lejeune
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2009, 261 (2), pp.194. ⟨10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.07.030⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00559148 v1

The global biogeography of semi-arid periodic vegetation patterns

Vincent Deblauwe , Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Olivier Lejeune , Jan Bogaert
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2008, 17 (6), pp.715-723. ⟨10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00413.x⟩
Article dans une revue istex halsde-00348249 v1

Spatial decoupling of facilitation and competition at the origin of gapped vegetation patterns

Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , René Lefever , Vincent Deblauwe , Olivier Lejeune
Ecology, 2008, 89 (6), pp.1521-1531. ⟨10.1890/07-0365.1⟩
Article dans une revue halsde-00291831 v1

Interactions between rainfall, deforestation and fires during recent years in the Brazilian Amazonia

Luiz Eduardo O.C Aragão , Yadvinder Malhi , Nicolas Barbier , Andre Lima , Yosio Shimabukuro et al.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2008, 363 (1498), pp.1779-1785. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2007.0026⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04981988 v1

Noise‐induced vegetation patterns in fire‐prone savannas

Paolo d'Odorico , Francesco Laio , Amilcare Porporato , Luca Ridolfi , Nicolas Barbier
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2007, 112 (G2), ⟨10.1029/2006JG000261⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04981983 v1
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Textural Ordination Based on Fourier Spectral Decomposition: A Method to Analyze and Compare Landscape Patterns

Pierre Couteron , N. Barbier , D. Gautier
Landscape Ecology, 2006, 21 (4) (4), pp.555-567. ⟨10.1007/s10980-005-2166-6⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00090693 v1

Self-organized vegetation patterning as fingerprint of climate and human impacts on semiarid ecosystems

N. Barbier , Pierre Couteron , J. Lejoly , V. Deblauwe , O. Lejeune
Journal of Ecology, 2006, 94 (3), pp.537-547. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01126.x⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00090703 v1
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The Global Spectra-Trait Initiative: A database of paired leaf spectroscopy and functional traits associated with leaf photosynthetic capacity

Julien Lamour , Shawn P Serbin , Alistair Rogers , Kelvin T Acebron , Elizabeth Ainsworth et al.
2025
Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-05247124 v1
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Managed forests support higher carbon density and sequestration in the Congo basin

Le Bienfaiteur Sagang , Ricardo Dalagnol , Stephanie Georges , Samuel Favrichon , Shuang Li et al.
2025
Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-05304501 v1
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Monitoring tropical forests with light drones: ensuring spatial and temporal consistency in stereophotogrammetric products

Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Ploton , Hadrien Tulet , Gaëlle Viennois , Hugo Leblanc et al.
2025
Pré-publication, Document de travail (preprint/prepublication) hal-05144140 v1
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ForestScan: a unique multiscale dataset of tropical forest structure across 3 continents including terrestrial, UAV and airborne LiDAR and in-situ forest census data

Cecilia Chavana-Bryant , Phil Wilkes , Wanxin Yang , Andrew Burt , Peter Vines et al.
2025
Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-05263570 v1

Towards comprehensive individual tree species mapping in diverse tropical forests by harnessing temporal and spectral dimensions

James Ball , Sadiq Jaffer , Anthony Laybros , Colin Prieur , Toby Jackson et al.
2025
Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-04981938 v1
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Allometric options for predicting tropical tree height and crown area from stem diameter

Moses Libalah Bakonck , Adeline Fayolle , Nicolas Barbier , Nicolas Picard , Stephane Momo Takoudjou et al.
2024
Pré-publication, Document de travail hal-03996608 v1
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Improved tests for the origin of allometric scaling across tree architectures

Adam Chmurzynski , Alexander Byers Brummer , Van Savage , Alexander Shenkin , Yadvinder Malhi et al.
2025
Pré-publication, Document de travail ird-04982034 v1
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Leaf/Wood discrimination in ULS LiDAR using Neural Network

Yuchen Bai , Jean-Baptiste Durand , Grégoire Vincent , Florence Forbes , Nicolas Barbier et al.
SilviLaser 2023, University College London, Gower Street, London, Sep 2023, London, United Kingdom
Communication dans un congrès hal-04837412 v1

What is the actual performance of large-scale forest biomass mapping models ?

Raphaël Pélissier , Pierre Ploton , Frédéric Mortier , M. Réjou-Méchain , Nicolas Barbier et al.
FACCE ARE-GAS GHG Breakfast Club online talk, Mar 2022, Online, France
Communication dans un congrès hal-04795675 v1

Tracking detailed tree level dynamics of tropical forest landscapes using deep convolutional neural networks and multitemporal, multimodal remote sensing data sources

James Ball , Tobias Jackson , Grégoire Vincent , Nicolas Barbier , David Anthony Coomes
ATBC 2022 - 58. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Jul 2022, Cartagena, Colombia
Communication dans un congrès hal-04753918 v1

Sensing Tropical Forest Phenology and Productivity from the Field to the Satellite

Nicolas Barbier , James Ball , Ilona Clocher , H. Poilve , Philippe Verley et al.
IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Jul 2021, Brussels, Belgium. pp.716-719, ⟨10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554372⟩
Communication dans un congrès hal-04996829 v1
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Dycrypting tropical forest phenology with coupled remote sensing and field observation

James Ball , Gregoire Vincent , Nicolas Barbier , Ilona Clocher
EGU General Assembly 2021 (EGU21), Apr 2021, Online, Belgium. ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu21-16202⟩
Communication dans un congrès hal-03204378 v1

Towards a robust framework to quantify LAI and radiative transfer variations at tree and landscape levels in the tropics

Nicolas Barbier , Grégoire Vincent , Stephane Momo Takoudjou
Tropical phenology : functional change in ecosystems across space and time, Jan 2018, Newport, United Kingdom
Communication dans un congrès hal-03033213 v1

Estimation des stocks de carbone dans la biosphère terrestre

J. Chave , Nicolas Baghdadi , Nicolas Barbier , P. Borderies , Philippe Ciais et al.
2ème Colloque de restitution du Tosca, Mar 2017, Paris, France. pp.29
Communication dans un congrès hal-02606164 v1

De l’arbre au satellite : comment cartographier la diversité des forêts tropicales d’Afrique Centrale ?

Valéry Gond , Guillaume Cornu , Gaëlle Viennois , Julie Betbeder Betbeder , Maxime Réjou-Méchain et al.
UNESCO International Conference: Botanists of the twenty-first century, Sep 2014, Paris, France. pp.88-94
Communication dans un congrès hal-02606128 v1
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Regional scale rain-forest height mapping using regression-kriging of spaceborneand airborne lidar data: application on French Guiana

I. Fayad , Nicolas Baghdadi , Jean-Stéphane Bailly , N. Barbier , V. Gond et al.
IGARSS 2015, Jul 2015, Milan, Italy. pp.4109-4112, ⟨10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326729⟩
Communication dans un congrès hal-01244677 v1

Unravelling the Green Carpet: Use of Remotely Sensed Data for Improved Inventorying & Monitoring of French Guiana's Forest

Emil Alexander Cherrington , Nicolas Barbier , Grégoire Vincent , Raphaël Pélissier
14. World Forestry Congress, IUFRO, Sep 2015, Durban, South Africa. pp.1-8
Communication dans un congrès hal-02285175 v1

Canopy height estimation in French Guiana using LiDAR ICESat/GLAS data

I. Fayad , Nicolas Baghdadi , Jean-Stéphane Bailly , Nicolas Barbier , V. Gond et al.
IGARSS 2014, Jul 2014, Quebec, Canada. pp.1337-1340, ⟨10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946681⟩
Communication dans un congrès hal-02599405 v1

Coupling potential of ICESat/GLAS and SRTM in the discrimination of forest landscape types in French Guiana

Ibrahim S Fayad , Nicolas S Baghdadi , V. Gond , Jean-Stéphane Bailly , N. Barbier et al.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International, Jul 2014, Quebec, Canada
Communication dans un congrès hal-01585536 v1

From tree to satellite, how to map the diversity of central Africa tropical forests?

V. Gond , Guillaume Cornu , Gaëlle Viennois , Julie Betbeder Betbeder , M. Réjou-Méchain et al.
Botanists of the 21st Century: roles, challenges and opportunities, Sep 2014, Paris, France. pp.16
Communication dans un congrès hal-02600248 v1

Coupling potential of ICESat/GLAS and SRTM in the discrimination of forest landscape types in French Guiana

I. Fayad , Nicolas Baghdadi , V. Gond , Jean-Stéphane Bailly , Nicolas Barbier et al.
IGARSS 2014, Jul 2014, Quebec, Canada. pp.4
Communication dans un congrès hal-02599404 v1
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Tree crown detection in high resolution optical and LiDAR images of tropical forest

Jia Zhou , Christophe Proisy , Xavier Descombes , Ihssen Hedhli , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XII, Sep 2010, Toulouse, France. ⟨10.1117/12.865068⟩
Communication dans un congrès inria-00534791 v1

Vegetation mapping

Gaëlle Viennois , Tariq Stévart , Jean P. Vande Weghe , Sassan S Saatchi , Steven Schill et al.
Jean P. Vande Weghe; Tariq Stévart. The Ogooué Delta, Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2021, 978-1-935641223
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04984422 v1

Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol. Version 1.0.

Laura Duncanson , J. Armston , M. Disney , V. Avitabile , Nicolas Barbier et al.
Duncanson, L; Disney, M.; Armston, J.; Nickeson, J.; Minor, D.; Camacho, F. Good Practices for Satellite Derived Land Product Validation, CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation. Lanf Product Validation Subgroup, pp.1-236, 2021, Land Product Validation Subgroup (WGCV/CEOS)
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-03187053 v1

Cartographie de la végétation

Gaëlle Viennois , Tariq Stévart , Jean P. Vande Weghe , Sassan Saatchi , Steven Schill et al.
Jean P. Vande Weghe,; Tariq Stévart. Le delta de l'Ogooué, Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, pp.199-222, 2017, 979-10-94862-01-8
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-01614663 v1

Pistes pour l'étude de la distribution des peuplements de Gilbertiodedron dewevrei comme signature des impacts climatiques ou anthropiques anciens

Nicolas Barbier , Moise Libalah , John Katembo , Pierre Ploton , Vincent Droissart et al.
Geoffroy de Saulieu; M. Elouga; Bonaventure Sonké. Pour une écologie historique en Afrique Centrale, AUF; IRD Editions, pp.157-170, 2016
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-02294553 v1
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Quels botanistes pour le 21 e siècle ?

Valéry Gond , Guillaume Cornu , Gaëlle Viennois , Julie Betbeder , Maxime Réjou-Méchain1 et al.
Botanists of the twenty-first century: roles, challenges and opportunities, UNESCO, pp.88-94, 2016
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-02305648 v1

Texture analysis of very high spatial resolution optical images as a way to monitor vegetation and forest biomass in the tropics

Pierre Couteron , Nicolas Barbier , Vincent Deblauwe , Raphaël Pelissier , Pierre Ploton
M.S.R. Murthy; S. Wesselman; H. Gilani. Multi-Scale Forest Biomass Assessment and Monitoring in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: A Geospatial Perspective, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), pp.157-164, 2015, ICIMOD special publication, 978 92 9115 336 7
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-02303735 v1

Assessment of Patterns in Ecogeomorphic Systems

Nicolas Barbier , Juan Bellot , Pierre Couteron , Thorsten Wiegand , Volker Grimm et al.
Eva Nora Mueller; John Wainwright; Anthony J. Parsons; Laura Turnbull. Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands. Understanding Self-Organised Ecogeomorphic Systems, Springer Netherlands, pp.247-264, 2014, ⟨10.1007/978-94-007-5727-1_9⟩
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-02526530 v1

Focus : Les tropiques vus du ciel

Nicolas Barbier , Maxime Réjou-Méchain
Forget, P.-M.; Hossaert-McKey, M.; Poncy, O. Ecologie tropicale : de l'ombre à la lumière, CNRS Editions, pp.46-47, 2014, 978-2-749140759
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04984071 v1

Case Study of Self-Organized Vegetation Patterning in Dryland Regions of Central Africa

Nicolas Barbier , Pierre Couteron , Vincent Deblauwe
Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands, Springer Netherlands, pp.347-356, 2014, ⟨10.1007/978-94-007-5727-1_13⟩
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-03622798 v1

Short-Range Ecogeomorphic Processes in Dryland Systems

Nicolas Barbier , Juan Bellot , Pierre Couteron , Anthony Parsons , Eva Nora Mueller
Eva Nora Mueller; John Wainwright; Anthony J. Parsons; Laura Turnbull. Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands. Understanding Self-Organised Ecogeomorphic Systems, Springer Netherlands, pp.85-101, 2014, 978-94-007-5726-4. ⟨10.1007/978-94-007-5727-1_4⟩
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-02526335 v1

Resilience, Self-Organization, Complexity and Pattern Formation

Florian Jeltsch , Laura Turnbull , Stefania Scarsoglio , Concepcion Alados , Francesc Gallart et al.
Eva Nora Mueller; John Wainwright; Anthony J. Parsons; Laura Turnbull. Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands. Understanding self-organised ecogeomorphic systems, Springer Netherlands, pp.55-84, 2014, 978-94-007-5726-4. ⟨10.1007/978-94-007-5727-1_3⟩
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-02526403 v1

Canopy Texture Analysis for Large-Scale Assessments of Tropical Forest Stand Structure and Biomass

Pierre Ploton , Raphaël Pélissier , N. Barbier , Christophe Proisy , B. R. Ramesh et al.
Treetops at Risk, Springer New York, pp.237-245, 2013, ⟨10.1007/978-1-4614-7161-5_24⟩
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-02313573 v1

Biomass prediction in tropical forests: the canopy grain approach

Christophe Proisy , Nicolas Barbier , Michael Gueroult , Raphaël Pelissier , Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry et al.
Remote sensing of biomass: principles and applications, InTech, 2012, 978-953-307-315-6. ⟨10.5772/17185⟩
Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-01267823 v1
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Biomass prediction in tropical forests : the canopy grain approach

Christophe Proisy , Nicolas Barbier , Michael Guéroult , Raphaël Pélissier , Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry et al.
Remote sensing of biomass : principles and applications, Intech, pp.59-76, 2012, 798-953-51-0313-4
Chapitre d'ouvrage ird-00658600 v1