Ecological consequences of anthropogenic pressure in Wari-Maro Forest Reserve (Benin, West Africa) by Aubin Guénolé Amagnide, Valère Salako, Marcel Donou Hounsode, Franck Sinsin, Vincent Orékan, Céline Dan, Romain Glèlè Kakaï

“…Structural patterns of the forest has been described using forest inventory data with twenty five 1ha plots having two 50 m x 30 m plots set up inside and positioned at the opposite corners of the leading diagonal within each 1 ha plot. …”
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Definition criteria determine the success of old-growth mapping by Jamis M. Bruening, Ralph O. Dubayah, Neil Pederson, Benjamin Poulter, Leonardo Calle

“…In the first part of our analysis, we classify forests throughout the eastern US as old or not with respect to each old-growth dimension using existing old-growth definitions and data from the US Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. We estimate the proportion of forest classified as old within a hexagon grid, resulting in a unique map of old forest proportion (OFP) for each dimension. …”
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Diameter, height and species of 42 million trees in three European landscapes generated from field data and airborne laser scanning data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Jean-Matthieu Monnet, Patrick Vallet, Raphaël Aussenac, Paweł Hawryło, Matija Klopčič, Mats Mahnken, Jarosław Socha, Thomas Cordonnier, Martin Gutsch

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Allometric models and aboveground biomass stocks of a West African Sudan Savannah watershed in Benin by Adéyèmi Chabi, Sven Lautenbach, Vincent Oladokoun Agnila Orekan, Nicholas Kyei-Baffour

“…The accuracy of biomass density maps depends on the availability of reliable allometric models used in combination with data derived from satellites images and forest inventory data. To reduce the uncertainty in estimates of carbon emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation, better information on allometric equations and the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass stocks in each land use/land cover (LULC) class is needed for the different ecological zones. …”
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A proper Land Cover and Forest Type Classification Scheme for Mexico by S. Gebhardt, P. Maeda, T. Wehrmann, J. Argumedo Espinoza, M. Schmidt

“…Validation has been performed against field plots of the national forest inventory. Groups of non-separable classes have subsequently been discerned by automatic iterative class aggregation. …”
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Evaluation of Undergrowth under the Canopy of Deciduous Forests on Very Fertile Soils in the Lithuanian Hemiboreal Forest by Marius Šilingas, Vytautas Suchockas, Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė

“…The evaluation was based on the standwise forest inventory data and limited to the analysis of pioneer tree species forests usually developed as first-generation natural forests after clearcutting. …”
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Drivers of Soil Total Nitrogen and Phosphorus Storage in Alpine Wetland Across the Three Rivers Source Region on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Xiuqing Nie, Xiuqing Nie, Dong Wang, Dong Wang, Guoying Zhou, Feng Xiong, Lining Ren, Yongzhe Chen, Yongzhe Chen, Kali Ma, Zebing Zhong, Yangong Du

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Assessing the Accuracy of GEDI Data for Canopy Height and Aboveground Biomass Estimates in Mediterranean Forests by Iván Dorado-Roda, Adrián Pascual, Sergio Godinho, Carlos A. Silva, Brigite Botequim, Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, Eduardo González-Ferreiro, Juan Guerra-Hernández

“…The proposed models could also be used to monitor biomass stocks at large-scale by using GEDI footprint level in Mediterranean areas, especially in remote and hard-to-reach areas for forest inventory. The findings from this study serve to provide an initial evaluation of GEDI data for estimating AGB in Mediterranean forest.…”
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A novel method for cliff vegetation estimation based on the unmanned aerial vehicle 3D modeling by Minghui Li, Minghui Li, Minghui Li, Enping Yan, Enping Yan, Enping Yan, Hui Zhou, Hui Zhou, Hui Zhou, Hui Zhou, Jiaxing Zhu, Jiaxing Zhu, Jiaxing Zhu, Jiaxing Zhu, Jiawei Jiang, Jiawei Jiang, Jiawei Jiang, Dengkui Mo, Dengkui Mo, Dengkui Mo

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Monitoring pinyon-juniper cover and aboveground biomass across the Great Basin by Steven K Filippelli, Michael J Falkowski, Andrew T Hudak, Patrick A Fekety, Jody C Vogeler, Azad Henareh Khalyani, Benjamin M Rau, Eva K Strand

“…Biomass estimated from cover-based allometry was higher than estimates from the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (FIA) at the plot-level (bias = 5 Mg ha ^−1 and RMSE = 15.5 Mg ha ^−1 ) due in part to differences in tree-level biomass allometrics. …”
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Updated estimation of forest biomass carbon pools in China, 1977–2018 by C. Yang, Y. Shi, W. Sun, J. Zhu, C. Ji, Y. Feng, S. Ma, Z. Guo, J. Fang

“…Although several studies have estimated China's forest biomass using national forest inventory data, most of them were limited to the period of 2004–2008. …”
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Evaluation of five models for constructing forest NPP–age relationships in China based on 3121 field survey samples by P. Li, P. Li, R. Shang, R. Shang, J. M. Chen, J. M. Chen, M. Xu, M. Xu, X. Lin, X. Lin, G. Yu, N. He, L. Xu

“…These relationships can be derived from forest inventory or field survey data, but it is unclear which model is the most effective in simulating forest NPP variation with age. …”
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INTEGRATION OF HETEROGENOUS DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS by R. Boesch, C. Ginzler

“…<br><br> Within the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI), two digital surface models are available, one derived from LiDAR point data and the other from aerial images. …”
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Automated extraction of Camellia oleifera crown using unmanned aerial vehicle visible images and the ResU-Net deep learning model by Yu Ji, Yu Ji, Yu Ji, Enping Yan, Enping Yan, Enping Yan, Xianming Yin, Xianming Yin, Xianming Yin, Yabin Song, Wei Wei, Dengkui Mo, Dengkui Mo, Dengkui Mo

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Forecasting the Cumulative Effects of Multiple Stressors on Breeding Habitat for a Steeply Declining Aerial Insectivorous Songbird, the Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) by Andrea R. Norris, Leonardo Frid, Chloé Debyser, Krista L. De Groot, Jeffrey Thomas, Adam Lee, Kimberly M. Dohms, Andrew Robinson, Wendy Easton, Kathy Martin, Kathy Martin, Kristina L. Cockle

“…To predict the occurrence of olive-sided flycatcher we developed a suite of habitat suitability models using point count surveys (1997–2011) spatially- and temporally-matched with forest inventory data. Flycatcher occurrence was positively associated with small (∼10 ha) 10- to 20-year-old clearcuts, and with 10–100% tree mortality due to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreaks, but we found no association with roads or distance to water. …”
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MicroRNA Expression Differences in Blood-Derived CD19+ B Cells of Methotrexate Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients by Fatima Heinicke, Xiangfu Zhong, Siri T. Flåm, Johannes Breidenbach, Magnus Leithaug, Marthe T. Mæhlen, Siri Lillegraven, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Ellen S. Norli, Maria D. Mjaavatten, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Manuela Zucknick, Simon Rayner, Benedicte A. Lie

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Uncertainty and Emergent Constraints on Enhanced Ecosystem Carbon Stock by Land Greening by Chenyu Bian, Jianyang Xia, Xuanze Zhang, Kun Huang, Erqian Cui, Jian Zhou, Ning Wei, Ying‐Ping Wang, Danica Lombardozzi, Daniel S. Goll, Jürgen Knauer, Vivek Arora, Wenping Yuan, Stephen Sitch, Pierre Friedlingstein, Yiqi Luo

“…Abstract Significant land greening since the 1980s has been detected through satellite observation, forest inventory, and Earth system modeling. However, whether and to what extent global land greening enhances ecosystem carbon stock remains uncertain. …”
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Rapid assessment of feeding traces enables detection of drivers of saproxylic insects across spatial scales by Janine Oettel, Martin Braun, Gernot Hoch, James Connell, Thomas Gschwantner, Katharina Lapin, Stefan Schöttl, Katrin Windisch-Ettenauer, Franz Essl, Martin M Gossner

“…We tested a rapid assessment method applicable at large scale based on recorded feeding galleries and boreholes assessed during the Austrian National Forest Inventory to investigate the drivers and habitat thresholds of different saproxylic insect families; i.e. …”
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Forest Area and Structural Variable Estimation in Boreal Forest Using Suomi NPP VIIRS Data and a Sample from VHR Imagery by Tuomas Häme, Heikki Astola, Jorma Kilpi, Yrjö Rauste, Laura Sirro, Teemu Mutanen, Eija Parmes, Jussi Rasinmäki, Mohammad Imangholiloo

“…The reference data for the VIIRS imagery were national forest inventory (NFI)-based raster maps from Finland. …”
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Produtividade de quatro espécies arbóreas de Terra Firme da Amazônia Central Productivity of four Terra Firme tree species of Central Amazonia by Eleonora Alvarenga Andrade, Niro Higuchi

“…The productivity was indirectly estimated by using individual allometric equations along with data from a continuous forest inventory. The following species were selected for this study: Pouteria reticulata Eyma (Sapotaceae), Micrandra siphonioides Benth. …”
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