Classification and modeling of trees outside forest in Central American landscapes by combining remotely sensed data and GIS [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Bernal Herrera-Fernández

Classification and modeling of trees outside forest inCentral American landscapes by combining remotelysensed data and GISInaugural-Dissertation zurErlangung der Doktorwürdeder Forstwissenschaftlichen Fakultätder Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitätFreiburg i. Brsg.vorgelegt vonBernal Herrera-Fernándezaus Costa RicaFreiburg im Breisgau2003AcknowledgementsI wish to express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. Barbara Koch for accepting me as a graduatestudent at the Department of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems(FELIS), and for supporting this research initiative. I also want to thank Dr. MatthiasDees for his supervision, contributions, and support during my studies and work atFELIS. I wish to thank Dr. Claus Peter Gross for commenting on an earlier draft of thisdocument. I am indebted to Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn, who offered me the opportunityto work within the framework of TROF-Project, for contributing to the definition of thesubject of this dissertation, and for providing invaluable scientific feedback that improvedthe quality of the research. Gracias Christoph.Thanks to my colleagues at FELIS, especially to Felipe Guanaes Rego and RaymundoVillavicencio, for their friendship, patient and support, and for the continuing discussionson topics of remote sensing, GIS, forestry, geography, and otherwise.