remote sensing Article High-Precision Stand Age Data Facilitate the Estimation of Rubber Plantation Biomass: A Case Study of Hainan Island, China Bangqian Chen 1, Tin Yun 2, Jun Ma 3 , Weili Kou 4, Hailiang Li 5, Chuan Yang 1, Xiangming Xiao 6 , Xian Zhang 1, Rui Sun 1 , Guishui Xie 1 and Zhixiang Wu 1,* 1 Danzhou Investigation & Experiment Station of Tropical Cops, State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Cultivation & Physiology of Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute (RRI), Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), Haikou 571101, China;
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[email protected] Received: 30 September 2020; Accepted: 18 November 2020; Published: 24 November 2020 Abstract: Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell.) plantations constitute one of the most important agro-ecosystems in the tropical region of China and Southeast Asia, playing an important role in the carbon budget there.