A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern Eurasia
Dead wood, including coarse woody debris, CWD, and fine woody debris, FWD, plays a substantial role in forest ecosystem functioning. However, the amount and dynamics of dead wood in the forests of Northern Eurasia are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to develop a spatially distributed mo...
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| author | Anatoly Shvidenko Liudmila Mukhortova Ekaterina Kapitsa Florian Kraxner Linda See Anton Pyzhev Roman Gordeev Stanislav Fedorov Vladimir Korotkov Sergey Bartalev Dmitry Schepaschenko |
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| description | Dead wood, including coarse woody debris, CWD, and fine woody debris, FWD, plays a substantial role in forest ecosystem functioning. However, the amount and dynamics of dead wood in the forests of Northern Eurasia are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to develop a spatially distributed modelling system (limited to the territories of the former Soviet Union) to assess the amount and structure of dead wood by its components (including snags, logs, stumps, and the dry branches of living trees) based on the most comprehensive database of field measurements to date. The system is intended to be used to assess the dead wood volume and the amount of dead wood in carbon units as part of the carbon budget calculation of forests at different scales. It is presented using multi-dimensional regression equations of dead wood expansion factors (DWEF)—the ratio of the dead wood component volume to the growing stock volume of the stands. The system can be also used for the accounting of dead wood stock and its dynamics in national greenhouse gas inventories and UNFCCC reporting. The system’s accuracy is satisfactory for the average level of disturbance regimes but it may require corrections for regions with accelerated disturbance regimes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-584168b8714446c390b4e00d199bc7af2023-11-30T22:16:35ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072022-12-011414510.3390/f14010045A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern EurasiaAnatoly Shvidenko0Liudmila Mukhortova1Ekaterina Kapitsa2Florian Kraxner3Linda See4Anton Pyzhev5Roman Gordeev6Stanislav Fedorov7Vladimir Korotkov8Sergey Bartalev9Dmitry Schepaschenko10International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaInstitute of Forest, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036 Krasnoyarsk, RussiaInstitute for Forestry and Nature Management, Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical University, 194021 Saint Petersburg, RussiaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaLaboratory for Economics of Climate Change and Ecological Development, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, RussiaLaboratory for Economics of Climate Change and Ecological Development, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, RussiaFSBI Roslesinforg, Federal Forestry Agency, 109316 Moscow, RussiaYu. A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, 107258 Moscow, RussiaSpace Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, RussiaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaDead wood, including coarse woody debris, CWD, and fine woody debris, FWD, plays a substantial role in forest ecosystem functioning. However, the amount and dynamics of dead wood in the forests of Northern Eurasia are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to develop a spatially distributed modelling system (limited to the territories of the former Soviet Union) to assess the amount and structure of dead wood by its components (including snags, logs, stumps, and the dry branches of living trees) based on the most comprehensive database of field measurements to date. The system is intended to be used to assess the dead wood volume and the amount of dead wood in carbon units as part of the carbon budget calculation of forests at different scales. It is presented using multi-dimensional regression equations of dead wood expansion factors (DWEF)—the ratio of the dead wood component volume to the growing stock volume of the stands. The system can be also used for the accounting of dead wood stock and its dynamics in national greenhouse gas inventories and UNFCCC reporting. The system’s accuracy is satisfactory for the average level of disturbance regimes but it may require corrections for regions with accelerated disturbance regimes.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/1/45boreal and temperate forestsNorthern Eurasiacoarse woody debrisexpansion factorssnagslogs |
| spellingShingle | Anatoly Shvidenko Liudmila Mukhortova Ekaterina Kapitsa Florian Kraxner Linda See Anton Pyzhev Roman Gordeev Stanislav Fedorov Vladimir Korotkov Sergey Bartalev Dmitry Schepaschenko A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern Eurasia Forests boreal and temperate forests Northern Eurasia coarse woody debris expansion factors snags logs |
| title | A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern Eurasia |
| title_full | A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern Eurasia |
| title_fullStr | A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern Eurasia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern Eurasia |
| title_short | A Modelling System for Dead Wood Assessment in the Forests of Northern Eurasia |
| title_sort | modelling system for dead wood assessment in the forests of northern eurasia |
| topic | boreal and temperate forests Northern Eurasia coarse woody debris expansion factors snags logs |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/1/45 |
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