Research Highlights: the wide variety of multispectral sensors that currently exist make it possible to improve the study of forest systems and ecosystem services. Background and Objectives: this study aims to analyze the current usefulness of remote sensing in forest management and ecosystem services sciences, and to identify future lines of research on these issues worldwide during the period 1976–2019. Materials and Methods: a bibliometric technique is applied to 2066 articles published between 1976 and 2019 on these topics to find findings on scientific production and key subject areas. Results: scientific production has increased annually, so that in the last five years, 50.34% of all articles have been published. The thematic areas in which more articles were linked were environmental science, agricultural, and biological sciences, and earth and planetary sciences. Seven lines of research have been identified that generate contributions on this topic. In addition, the analysis of the relevance of the keywords has detected the ten main future directions of research. The growing worldwide trend of scientific production shows interest in developing aspects of this field of study. Conclusions: this study contributes to the academic, scientific, and institutional discussion to improve decision-making, and proposes new scenarios and uses of this technology to improve the administration and management of forest resources.

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遥感应用于森林管理以优化生态系统服务：研究进展

研究重点：当前存在的多种多光谱传感器使改进对森林系统和生态系统服务的研究成为可能。背景和目的：本研究旨在分析遥感在森林管理和生态系统服务科学中的当前作用，并确定在1976-2019年期间全球范围内关于这些问题的未来研究方向。材料和方法：文献计量技术应用于1976年至2019年之间关于这些主题的2066篇文章，以发现有关科学生产和关键学科领域的发现。结果：科学产量每年都在增加，因此在最近五年中，所有文章的发表量达到了50.34％。与更多文章相关联的主题领域是环境科学，农业和生物科学，以及地球和行星科学。已经确定了七项研究可以为该主题做出贡献。此外，对关键字相关性的分析已经确定了未来的十个主要研究方向。全球范围内科学生产的增长趋势表明对发展该研究领域的兴趣。结论：这项研究有助于学术，科学和机构讨论，以改善决策，并提出了该技术的新方案和用途，以改善森林资源的管理。全球范围内科学生产的增长趋势表明对发展该研究领域的兴趣。结论：这项研究有助于学术，科学和机构讨论，以改善决策，并提出了该技术的新方案和用途，以改善森林资源的管理。全球范围内科学生产的增长趋势表明对发展该研究领域的兴趣。结论：这项研究有助于学术，科学和机构讨论，以改善决策，并提出了该技术的新方案和用途，以改善森林资源的管理。