s:988:"%T Towards accurate mapping of forest in tropical landscapes: A comparison of datasets on how forest transition matters 
%A Ferrer Velasco, R. 
%A Lippe, M. 
%A Tamayo, F. 
%A Mfuni, T. 
%A Sales-Come, R. 
%A Mangabat, C. 
%A Schneider, T. 
%A Günter, S. 
%X Tropical forests represent half of the Earth's remaining forest area, but they are shrinking at high rates, which poses a threat to their multiple ecosystem services. As a response, international environmental agreements and related programs require information about tropical forested landscapes. Despite the increasing quantity and quality of remote sensing-based data, the effective monitoring of forests in the tropics still faces operational challenges: (a) applicability at local levels, with lack of reference or cloud-free information; (b) overcoming geographical, ecological, or biophysical variability; (c): stratification, distinguishing forest categories related to functionality and disturbance history. 
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