Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina

With the aim of studying the primary productivity dynamics of subtropical forests with different degrees of intervention or change due to human intervention, we classify the ecosystems of an area in northeastern Argentina, corresponding to a humid subtropical region, according to their temporal vari...

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Autores principales: Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E., Cristiano, Piedad M., Easdale, Marcos Horacio, Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14708
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352938523000484
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.100966
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author Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E.
Cristiano, Piedad M.
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
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Cristiano, Piedad M.
Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E.
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
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Easdale, Marcos Horacio
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description With the aim of studying the primary productivity dynamics of subtropical forests with different degrees of intervention or change due to human intervention, we classify the ecosystems of an area in northeastern Argentina, corresponding to a humid subtropical region, according to their temporal variability. A 22-year time series, ranging from 2000 to 2022, of MODIS EVI was assembled into a spatiotemporal cube, and pixels were classified by an archetypal analysis applied to the frequency components of a Fourier power spectrum. Then the most representative pixels of this classification (archetypoids) were selected. A wavelet decomposition was performed on these archetypoids to identify temporal changes in the frequency composition of the time series, and an ARIMA model to identify changes in the noise pattern of the series. Finally, a distributed-lag model with meteorological variables, was applied to these time series to relate the dynamics of the archetypes to the local climate. A stepwise procedure using Gaussian processes for error and autocorrelation and multiple regressions to determine any univariate relationship between meteorological variables and EVI. The meteorological variables considered were temperature, rainfall, and potential evapotranspiration (PET). The procedure started with a null model with white noise, then Gaussian processes were gradually added to model the errors, and then the explanatory variables, which were filtered moving average time series of the meteorological variables. The interaction between the explanatory variables was assumed to be the minimum EVI of the predicted values of each variable according to Lieibig's law of minimum. The procedure was applied as the BIC decreased to find the optimal model. In this study area, three different archetypes were sufficient to describe most of the variability in the time series matrix. Archetype 1 was characterized by woody plantations of exotic species such as pines, yerba mate and tea, archetype 2 by native forests, and archetype 3 represented a mosaic of forests and agriculture/pasture. The analysis of climate and archetypes indicated that archetype 2 had the highest mean EVI values (i.e., primary productivity), followed by archetype 1 and lastly archetype 3. Also, it showed that all three archetypes responded to the same combination of climate variables (temperature and PET), with varying degrees of sensitivity to each variable. Archetype 2 was the least sensitive to changes in these variables, archetype 1 was more sensitive to PET, and archetype 3 was more sensitive to temperature, while also exhibiting the least response time.
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spelling INTA147082023-07-06T16:10:28Z Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E. Cristiano, Piedad M. Easdale, Marcos Horacio Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto Vegetación Clasificación Ecosistema Bosques Zona Subtropical Argentina Vegetation Classification Ecosystems Forests Subtropical Zones With the aim of studying the primary productivity dynamics of subtropical forests with different degrees of intervention or change due to human intervention, we classify the ecosystems of an area in northeastern Argentina, corresponding to a humid subtropical region, according to their temporal variability. A 22-year time series, ranging from 2000 to 2022, of MODIS EVI was assembled into a spatiotemporal cube, and pixels were classified by an archetypal analysis applied to the frequency components of a Fourier power spectrum. Then the most representative pixels of this classification (archetypoids) were selected. A wavelet decomposition was performed on these archetypoids to identify temporal changes in the frequency composition of the time series, and an ARIMA model to identify changes in the noise pattern of the series. Finally, a distributed-lag model with meteorological variables, was applied to these time series to relate the dynamics of the archetypes to the local climate. A stepwise procedure using Gaussian processes for error and autocorrelation and multiple regressions to determine any univariate relationship between meteorological variables and EVI. The meteorological variables considered were temperature, rainfall, and potential evapotranspiration (PET). The procedure started with a null model with white noise, then Gaussian processes were gradually added to model the errors, and then the explanatory variables, which were filtered moving average time series of the meteorological variables. The interaction between the explanatory variables was assumed to be the minimum EVI of the predicted values of each variable according to Lieibig's law of minimum. The procedure was applied as the BIC decreased to find the optimal model. In this study area, three different archetypes were sufficient to describe most of the variability in the time series matrix. Archetype 1 was characterized by woody plantations of exotic species such as pines, yerba mate and tea, archetype 2 by native forests, and archetype 3 represented a mosaic of forests and agriculture/pasture. The analysis of climate and archetypes indicated that archetype 2 had the highest mean EVI values (i.e., primary productivity), followed by archetype 1 and lastly archetype 3. Also, it showed that all three archetypes responded to the same combination of climate variables (temperature and PET), with varying degrees of sensitivity to each variable. Archetype 2 was the least sensitive to changes in these variables, archetype 1 was more sensitive to PET, and archetype 3 was more sensitive to temperature, while also exhibiting the least response time. EEA Bariloche Fil: Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina Fil: Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina Fil: Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina Fil: Cristiano, Piedad M. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina Fil: Cristiano, Piedad M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina Fil: Cristiano, Piedad M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina Fil: Easdale, Marcos Horacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Easdale, Marcos Horacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Bruzzone Octavio Augusto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Bruzzone Octavio Augusto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina 2023-07-06T16:03:49Z 2023-07-06T16:03:49Z 2023-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14708 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352938523000484 2352-9385 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.100966 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Argentina .......... (nation) (World, South America) 7006477 Elsevier Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 30 : 100966. (April 2023)
spellingShingle Vegetación
Clasificación
Ecosistema
Bosques
Zona Subtropical
Argentina
Vegetation
Classification
Ecosystems
Forests
Subtropical Zones
Díaz Villa, M. Virginia E.
Cristiano, Piedad M.
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto
Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina
title Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina
title_full Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina
title_fullStr Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina
title_short Archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from North-East Argentina
title_sort archetypal classification of vegetation dynamics of a humid subtropical forest region from north east argentina
topic Vegetación
Clasificación
Ecosistema
Bosques
Zona Subtropical
Argentina
Vegetation
Classification
Ecosystems
Forests
Subtropical Zones
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.100966
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