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Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa

Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
78
Citations
23820
World Ranking
1067
National Ranking
38

Overview

Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science. Their extensive publication record demonstrates a focus on multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist has contributed research across a range of topics, most notably Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Forest Ecology and Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, as well as Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Frequent collaborators in their research include J. Antonio Guzmán Q., I. Sharp, F. Alencastro, Kati Laakso, and Saulo Castro. Their publications have appeared in various scientific venues, with the highest number of contributions found in Harvard Dataverse, followed by Remote Sensing, Forests, the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, and Ecological Indicators.

Notable recent papers by Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa include:

  • Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests (2021) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession (2022) in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • UAV-based partially sampling system for rapid NDVI mapping in the evaluation of rice nitrogen use efficiency (2020) in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Evaluating the utility of various drought indices to monitor meteorological drought in Tropical Dry Forests (2020) in International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Assessing the Operation Parameters of a Low-altitude UAV for the Collection of NDVI Values Over a Paddy Rice Field (2020) in Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

    J. Alan Pounds;Martín R. Bustamante;Luis A. Coloma;Jamie A. Consuegra

  • Measuring the effectiveness of protected area networks in reducing deforestation

    Kwaw S. Andam;Paul J. Ferraro;Alexander Pfaff;G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa

  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

    Lourens Poorter;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano

  • Extent and conservation of tropical dry forests in the Americas

    C.A. Portillo-Quintero;G.A. Sánchez-Azofeifa

  • Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robin L. Chazdon;Eben N. Broadbent;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers

  • COUNTRYSIDE BIOGEOGRAPHY: USE OF HUMAN-DOMINATED HABITATS BY THE AVIFAUNA OF SOUTHERN COSTA RICA

    Gretchen C. Daily;Paul R. Ehrlich;G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa

  • Countryside Biogeography of Neotropical Mammals: Conservation Opportunities in Agricultural Landscapes of Costa Rica

    Gretchen C. Daily;Gerardo Ceballos;Jesús Pacheco;Gerardo Suzán

  • Validation of global moderate-resolution LAI products: a framework proposed within the CEOS land product validation subgroup

    J.T. Morisette;F. Baret;J.L. Privette;R.B. Myneni

  • Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Services Program: Intention, Implementation, and Impact

    G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Alexander Pfaff;Juan Andres Robalino;Judson P. Boomhower

  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

    Danaë Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Esteban Álvarez-Dávila

  • Research priorities for neotropical dry forests

    G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Mauricio Quesada;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Jafet M. Nassar

  • Succession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: review and new perspectives.

    Mauricio Quesada;G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa;Mariana Alvarez-Añorve;Kathryn E. Stoner

  • Species composition, similarity and diversity in three successional stages of a seasonally dry tropical forest

    M. Kalacska;G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa;J.C. Calvo-Alvarado;M. Quesada

  • Integrity and isolation of Costa Rica's national parks and biological reserves: examining the dynamics of land-cover change

    G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Gretchen C. Daily;Alexander S.P. Pfaff;Christopher Busch

  • ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station

    Joshua B. Fisher;Brian Lee;Adam J. Purdy;Gregory H. Halverson

  • Spectroscopic determination of leaf water content using continuous wavelet analysis

    T. Cheng;B. Rivard;A. Sánchez-Azofeifa

  • Deforestation in Costa Rica: A Quantitative Analysis Using Remote Sensing Imagery1

    G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Robert C. Harriss;David L. Skole

  • Intra- and inter-class spectral variability of tropical tree species at La Selva, Costa Rica: Implications for species identification using HYDICE imagery

    Jinkai Zhang;Benoit Rivard;Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Karen Castro-Esau

  • Using phenocams to monitor our changing Earth: toward a global phenocam network

    Tim B Brown;Kevin R Hultine;Heidi Steltzer;Ellen G Denny

  • Research Priorities for Neotropical Dry Forests1: Research Priorities for Neotropical Dry Forests

    G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Mauricio Quesada;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Jafet M. Nassar

  • Dynamics in landscape structure and composition for the Chorotega region, Costa Rica from 1960 to 2000

    Juan Pablo Arroyo-Mora;G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa;Benoit Rivard;Julio C. Calvo

  • Deforestation and forest restoration in Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Putting conservation policies in context

    J. Calvo-Alvarado;B. McLennan;A. Sánchez-Azofeifa;T. Garvin

Frequent Co-Authors

Benoit Rivard
Benoit Rivard University of Alberta
Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Jennifer S. Powers
Jennifer S. Powers University of Minnesota
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Robert Muscarella
Robert Muscarella Uppsala University
G. Bruce Williamson
G. Bruce Williamson Louisiana State University
Mauricio Quesada
Mauricio Quesada National Autonomous University of Mexico
G. Wilson Fernandes
G. Wilson Fernandes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Dylan Craven
Dylan Craven Universidad Mayor
Miguel Martínez-Ramos
Miguel Martínez-Ramos National Autonomous University of Mexico

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