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dc.contributor.authorGaronna, Irene
dc.contributor.authorFazey, Ioan Raymond Albert
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Molly E.
dc.contributor.authorPettorelli, Nathalie
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-06T20:14:02Z
dc.date.available2010-12-06T20:14:02Z
dc.date.issued2009-09
dc.identifier.citationGaronna , I , Fazey , I R A , Brown , M E & Pettorelli , N 2009 , ' Rapid primary productivity changes in one of the last coastal rainforests : the case of Kahua, Solomon Islands ' , Environmental Conservation , vol. 36 , no. 3 , pp. 253-260 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892909990208en
dc.identifier.issn0376-8929
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 4708368
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 95f369a9-4689-4669-bfaa-27cbc466ae7e
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000275897300010
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 77951207737
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/1628
dc.description.abstractThe growth of human populations has many direct and indirect impacts on tropical forest ecosystems both locally and globally. This is particularly true in the Solon-ion Islands, where coastal rainforest cover still remains, but where climate change and a growing human Population is putting increasing pressure on ecosystems. This study assessed recent primary productivity changes in the Kahua region (Makira, Solomon Islands) using remote sensing data (normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI). In this area, there has been no commercial logging and there is no existing information about the state of the forests. Results indicate that primary productivity has been decreasing in recent years, and that the recent changes arc more marked near vi I]ages. Multiple factors may explain the reported pattern in primary productivity. The study highlights the need to (1) assess how accurately remote sensing data-based results match field data on the ground; (2) identify, the relative contribution of the climatic, socioeconomic and political drivers of such changes; and (3) evaluate how primary productivity changes affect biodiversity level, ecosystem functioning and human livelihoods.
dc.format.extent8
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Conservationen
dc.rights(c)2009 Foundation for Environmental Conservationen
dc.subjectMODIS (moderate-resolution imaging spectro-radiometer)en
dc.subjectNDVI (normalized difference vegetation index)en
dc.subjectprimary productivityen
dc.subjectSolomon Islandsen
dc.subjectTropical forestsen
dc.subjectAVHRR DATAen
dc.subjectSatellite dataen
dc.subjectSouth Americaen
dc.subjectVegetationen
dc.subjectClimateen
dc.subjectEnvironmenten
dc.subjectAdaptationen
dc.subjectCoveren
dc.subjectNDVIen
dc.subjectQH Natural historyen
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Actionen
dc.subject.lccQHen
dc.titleRapid primary productivity changes in one of the last coastal rainforests : the case of Kahua, Solomon Islandsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography and Geosciencesen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892909990208
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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