Leitold, Veronika

Degrees

  • Remote Sensing, Brazilian Space Research Institute (INPE) - MS (2014)

  • Earth Sciences, Harvard University - BA (2009)

Research Topics

  • Scaranello M, Keller M, Longo M, dos-Santos MN, Leitold V, Morton DC, Pinagé ER and Espírito-Santo FDB. (2019) Estimation of coarse dead wood stocks in intact and degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon using airborne lidar.
    • Longo M, Keller M, dos-Santos MN, Leitold V, Pinagé ER, Baccini A, Saatchi S, Nogueira EM, Batistella M, Morton DC. (2016) Aboveground biomass variability across intact and degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon.
      • Stark SC, Enquist BJ, Saleska SR, Leitold V, Schietti J, Longo M, Alves LF, Camargo PB, Oliveira RC. (2015) Linking canopy leaf area and light environments with tree size distributions to explain Amazon forest demography.
        • Stark SC, Leitold V, Wu J, Hunter MO, Castilho CV, Costa FRC, McMahon SM, Parker GG, Shimabukuro MT, Lefsky MA, Keller M, Alves LF, Schietti J, Shimabukuro YE, Brandão DO, Woodcock TK, Higuchi N, Camargo PB, de Oliveira RC, Saleska SR. (2012)
          • Leitold V, Keller M, Morton DC, Cook BD, Shimabukuro YE. (2015) Airborne lidar-based estimates of tropical forest structure in complex terrain: opportunities and trade-offs for REDD+.
            • Leitold V, Morton DC, Longo M, dos-Santos MN, Keller M, Scaranello M. (2018) El Niño drought increased canopy turnover in Amazon forests.

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              Veronika Leitold
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