Pitfalls of forest damage detection using medium-resolution imagery: A response to the paper of Karpov et al. (2024)

IF 3.7 2区农林科学 Q1 FORESTRY

Forest Ecology and Management Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122073

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Abstract

A recent paper by Karpov et al. (2024) discusses forest disturbances on Kunashir Island due to windstorms and bark beetle outbreaks. The study uses medium-resolution satellite data, which we argue is conceptually flawed for analyzing windthrows and spruce dieback in mixed forests of the study area. The results significantly underestimate disturbed areas by over 50 %. Here we highlight the methodological shortcomings of the Karpov et al. (2024) study and caution against using medium-resolution data for forest disturbance detection in mixed forests. Such underestimations can provide an extremely imprecise baseline for disturbance impacts under climate change, potentially misguiding projections of impacts on forest ecology and management.

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使用中等分辨率图像探测森林破坏的陷阱：对 Karpov 等人论文（2024 年）的回应

Karpov 等人（2024 年）最近发表的一篇论文讨论了库纳希尔岛因风灾和树皮甲虫爆发造成的森林扰动。该研究使用了中等分辨率的卫星数据，我们认为这种数据在分析研究区域混交林的风蚀和云杉枯死方面存在概念上的缺陷。研究结果大大低估了受干扰区域的面积，低估幅度超过 50%。在此，我们强调了 Karpov 等人（2024 年）研究在方法上的缺陷，并告诫大家不要使用中等分辨率的数据来检测混交林中的森林干扰。这种低估可能会为气候变化下的干扰影响提供一个极其不精确的基线，从而可能误导对森林生态和管理影响的预测。

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Forest Ecology and Management 农林科学-林学

CiteScore

7.50

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10.80%

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665

审稿时长

39 days

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