MODIS Time Series Reveal New Maximum Records of Defoliated Area by <i>Ormiscodes amphimone</i> in Deciduous <i>Nothofagus</i> Forests, Southern Chile

dc.contributor.authorEstay, Sergio A.
dc.contributor.authorChavez, Roberto O.
dc.contributor.authorLastra, Jose A.
dc.contributor.authorRocco, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorGutierrez, Alvaro G.
dc.contributor.authorDecuyper, Mathieu
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:07:51Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:07:51Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractOutbreaks of the Ormiscodes amphimone moth are among the largest biotic disturbances in South America, defoliating vast areas of native Nothofagus pumilio forests in the Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia in the last decade. Using MODIS 16-day composites of the enhanced vegetation index and the new functions of the latest release of the "npphen" R-package, we identified new maximum records of continuously defoliated area in the Aysen region (Chilean Patagonia). This approach allowed us to detect 55,193 ha and 62,344 ha of extremely defoliated N. pumilio forest in 2019 and 2022, respectively, in an area locally known as "Mallin Grande". Extreme defoliation was accounted for by means of negative EVI anomalies with values falling among 5% of the lowest EVI records of the reference period (2000-2010). These new 2019 and 2022 outbreaks in Mallin Grande were the largest reported insect outbreaks in South American Patagonia in this century.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/rs15143538
dc.identifier.eissn2072-4292
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/rs15143538
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/91853
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001038980300001
dc.issue.numero14
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaRemote sensing
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectinsect outbreaks
dc.subjectremote sensing
dc.subjecttime series
dc.subjectnpphen
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleMODIS Time Series Reveal New Maximum Records of Defoliated Area by <i>Ormiscodes amphimone</i> in Deciduous <i>Nothofagus</i> Forests, Southern Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen15
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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