Patterns of forest composition and their long term environmental drivers in the tropical dry forest transition zone of southern Africa by Vera De Cauwer, Coert J. Geldenhuys, Raf Aerts, Miya Kabajani, Bart Muys

“…Methods This study combined historical and modern forest inventories covering an area of 21,000 km2 in a transition zone in Namibia and Angola to distinguish late succession tree communities, to understand their dependence on site factors, and to detect trends in the forest composition over the last 40 years. …”
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Árboles amenazados del Chocó ecuatoriano by Walter A. Palacios, Nubia Jaramillo

“…We reviewed data on extensive forest inventories carried out in the region, logging statistics from the Ministry of Environment, data from collections deposited at the Herbario Nacional del Ecuador and from Tropicos.org database (Missouri Botanical Garden), information on land cover changes that may affect populations, and the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria of risk extinction (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources). …”
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Aboveground Biomass Prediction of Plots in the Natural Forests of Arid Mountains Based on Large Trees by Shimei Xiong, Lubei Yi, Anming Bao, Zhengyu Wang, Zefu Tao, Wenqiang Xu

“…This research serves as the initial quantification of large tree utilization for plot AGB prediction in the natural forests of arid mountains, carrying substantial implications for future arid forest inventories, carbon accounting, and the formulation of prudent conservation strategies.…”
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Modeling the Ecological Responses of Tree Species to the Flood Pulse of the Amazon Negro River Floodplains by John Ethan Householder, Jochen Schöngart, Maria T. F. Piedade, Wolfgang J. Junk, Hans ter Steege, Hans ter Steege, Juan Carlos Montero, Rafael L. de Assis, Daniel Praia Portela de Aguiar, Maihyra Marina Pombo, Adriano Costa Quaresma, Layon O. Demarchi, Pia Parolin, Aline Lopes, Gildo Vieira Feitoza, Flávia Machado Durgante, Bianca Weiss Albuquerque, Antonia Chu, Daniel Enßlin, Tobias Fabian, Kirke Fettweiß, Moritz Hirsch, Myriam Hombach, Alisa Hubbuch, Benedikt Hutter, Timo Jäger, Ronja Kober-Moritz, Meike K. R. Lindner, Felix Maier, Julia Nowak, Zoe Petridis, Larissa Schierling, Erika Snjaric, Gregory Egger, Erika Schneider, Christian Damm, Florian Wittmann, Florian Wittmann

“…We merged historical hydrologic data with 41 forest inventories under variable flooding conditions distributed across the Negro River basin, comprising a total area of 34 ha, to (i) assess the importance of flood duration as a driver of compositional variation, (ii) model the response curve shapes of 111 of the most frequent tree species in function of flood duration, and (iii) derive their niche properties (optima and tolerance). …”
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Modelling the Spatial Structure of White Spruce Plantations and Their Changes after Various Thinning Treatments by Emmanuel Duchateau, Robert Schneider, Stéphane Tremblay, Laurie Dupont-Leduc, Hans Pretzsch

“…However, this implies intensive field work that is rarely integrated into forest inventories. The aims of this study were to develop a spatial distribution simulator of trees in white spruce plantations and to evaluate the influence of thinning treatments. …”
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Using Fay–Herriot Models and Variable Radius Plot Data to Develop a Stand-Level Inventory and Update a Prior Inventory in the Western Cascades, OR, United States by Hailemariam Temesgen, Francisco Mauro, Andrew T. Hudak, Bryce Frank, Vicente Monleon, Patrick Fekety, Marin Palmer, Timothy Bryant

“…Forest managers can use remote-sensing-based forest inventories to precisely estimate attributes of interest at the stand scale. …”
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Beech Bark Disease in an Unmanaged Temperate Forest: Patterns, Predictors, and Impacts on Ecosystem Function by Rosalyn Kish, Patrick M. A. James, Rachel O. Mariani, Jonathan S. Schurman, Jonathan S. Schurman, Sean C. Thomas, Emily N. Young, Adam R. Martin

“…Our study enhances the understanding of the factors predicting the severity of a major forest pathogen in North American temperate forests, assists the integration of BBD severity risk into forest C budget models, and provides insight into how large-scale forest inventories can inform screening for pest or pathogen resistance in trees.…”
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Simulation on Different Patterns of Mobile Laser Scanning with Extended Application on Solar Beam Illumination for Forest Plot by Kang Jiang, Liang Chen, Xiangjun Wang, Feng An, Huaiqing Zhang, Ting Yun

“…Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology has become a mainstream tool for forest surveys, significantly contributing to the improved accuracy of forest inventories. However, the accuracy of the scanned data and tree properties derived using LiDAR technology may differ depending on the occlusion effect, scanning configurations, various scanning patterns, and vegetative characteristics of forest plots. …”
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Examining the Role of UAV Lidar Data in Improving Tree Volume Calculation Accuracy by Kuo Liao, Yunhe Li, Bingzhang Zou, Dengqiu Li, Dengsheng Lu

“…Traditional forest inventories are based on field surveys of established sample plots, which involve field measurements of individual trees within a sample plot and the selection of proper allometric equations for tree volume calculation. …”
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Gap models across micro- to mega-scales of time and space: examples of Tansley’s ecosystem concept by H. H. Shugart, Adrianna Foster, Bin Wang, Dan Druckenbrod, Jianyong Ma, Manuel Lerdau, Sassan Saatchi, Xi Yang, Xiaodong Yan

“…The insect/climate-change can be scaled to regional consequences by simulating survey plots across a continental or subcontinental zone. Forest inventories at these scales are often conducted using independent survey plots distributed across a region. …”
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Local-Scale Mapping of Biomass in Tropical Lowland Pine Savannas Using ALOS PALSAR by Dimitrios Michelakis, Neil Stuart, German Lopez, Vinicio Linares, Iain H. Woodhouse

“…The predicted average biomass, from the mapping for savannas woodlands occurring within two of Belize’s larger protected areas, agree closely with previous biomass estimates for these areas based on ground surveys and forest inventories (error ≤20%). However, biomass estimates derived for these protected areas from two biomass maps produced at coarser resolutions (500 m and 1000 m) from global datasets overestimated biomass (errors ≥275% in each dataset). …”
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Estructura y composición florística de la vegetación del Parque Educativo Laguna Bélgica, Chiapas, México Structure and floristic composition of vegetation on Parque Educativo Lagu... by Ma. Consuelo Escobar-Ocampo, Susana Ochoa-Gaona

“…The characterization of the vegetation used the method of Mueller-Dombois and Ellenberg. For forest inventories we registered woody species > 1 m height and > 3 cm diameter breast height. …”
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Applying a systems approach to assess carbon emission reductions from climate change mitigation in Mexico’s forest sector by Marcela Olguin, Craig Wayson, Max Fellows, Richard Birdsey, Carolyn E Smyth, Michael Magnan, Alexa J Dugan, Vanessa S Mascorro, Armando Alanís, Enrique Serrano, Werner A Kurz

“…Using information from the National Forest Monitoring System (e.g. forest inventories, remote sensing, disturbance data), we demonstrate that activities aimed at reaching a net-zero deforestation rate can yield significant CO _2 e mitigation benefits by 2030 and 2050 relative to a baseline scenario (‘business as usual’), but if combined with increasing forest harvest to produce long-lived products and substitute more energy-intensive materials, emissions reductions could also provide other co-benefits (e.g. jobs, illegal logging reduction). …”
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UAV-LiDAR and RGB Imagery Reveal Large Intraspecific Variation in Tree-Level Morphometric Traits across Different Pine Species Evaluated in Common Gardens by Erica Lombardi, Francisco Rodríguez-Puerta, Filippo Santini, Maria Regina Chambel, José Climent, Víctor Resco de Dios, Jordi Voltas

“…Remote sensing is increasingly used in forest inventories. However, its application to assess genetic variation in forest trees is still rare, particularly in conifers. …”
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Qualitative Analysis of Tree Canopy Top Points Extraction from Different Terrestrial Laser Scanner Combinations in Forest Plots by Sunni Kanta Prasad Kushwaha, Arunima Singh, Kamal Jain, Jozef Vybostok, Martin Mokros

“…In forestry research, for forest inventories or other applications which require accurate 3D information on the forest structure, a Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) is an efficient tool for vegetation structure estimation. …”
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Assessing the carbon sink of afforestation with the Carbon Budget Model at the country level: an example for Italy by Pilli R, Grassi G, Moris Jose V, Kurz Werner A

“…We compared these two different AR rates with eight regional forest inventories and three independent local studies. …”
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Geographical spatial distribution and productivity dynamic change of eucalyptus plantations in China by YuXing Zhang, XueJun Wang

“…In this study, we collected the sample plot data from 9 National Forest Inventories (NFIs) during 1973–2018, China Forest-Land Database Map in 2003 and 2016, as well as climate and elevation data and analyzed how the spatial distribution of eucalyptus plantations in China changes with time. …”
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PENGATURAN HASIL KAYU PADA HUTAN ALAM PRODUKSI MELALUI BEBERAPA METODE PERHITUNGAN ETAT (Kasus Pada Hutan Alam Produksi Som-Sokbor Distrik Xebangfai, Propinsi Khammuan, Lao PDR) by , Sounthone DOUANGMALA, , Dr. Ir. Ris Hadi Purwanto, M.Agr.Sc.

“…The potential appraisal is done by forest inventorying activity by sampling to 24 ha area with line length is 12 km to pile level stand and tree. …”

Precision of subnational forest AGB estimates within the Peruvian Amazonia using a global biomass map by Natalia Málaga, Sytze de Bruin, Ronald E. McRoberts, Alexs Arana Olivos, Ricardo de la Cruz Paiva, Patricia Durán Montesinos, Daniela Requena Suarez, Martin Herold

“…National forest inventories (NFI) provide essential forest-related biomass and carbon information for country greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting systems. …”
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A simplified methodology for the correction of Leaf Area Index (LAI) measurements obtained by ceptometer with reference to Pinus Portuguese forests by Lopes D, Nunes L, Walford N, Aranha J, Sette Carlos J, Viana H, Hernandez C

“…Being the basal area an easily structural obtainable from forest inventories, this new methodology can be easily applied. …”
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