Forest Degradation in the Southwest Brazilian Amazon: Impact on Tree Species of Economic Interest and Traditional Use by Jessica Gomes Costa, Philip Martin Fearnside, Igor Oliveira, Liana Oighenstein Anderson, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão, Marllus Rafael Negreiros Almeida, Francisco Salatiel Clemente, Eric de Souza Nascimento, Geane da Conceição Souza, Adriele Karlokoski, Antonio Willian Flores de Melo, Edson Alves de Araújo, Rogério Oliveira Souza, Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro Graça, Sonaira Souza da Silva

“…This study examined the effects of recent forest fires on species with timber, non-timber and multiple-use potential in Brazil’s state of Acre. Forest inventories in five forest types were analyzed, identifying species with timber, non-timber and multiple-use potential based on a review of existing scientific articles, books and studies in the technical literature. …”
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Geointelligence against Illegal Deforestation and Timber Laundering in the Brazilian Amazon by Franco Perazzoni, Paula Bacelar-Nicolau, Marco Painho

“…Among these results, we highlight the following evidences: (i) inconsistencies related to total transport time and prices declared to the authorities (70% of PMFS); (ii) volumetric information incompatible with official forest inventories and/or not conforming with Benford’s law (54% of PMFS); (iii) signs of exploitation outside the authorized polygon limits (51% of PMFS) and signs of clear-cutting (43% of PMFS); (iv) no signs of infrastructure compatible with licensed forestry (24% of PMFS); and (v) signs of exploitation prior to the licensing (19% of PMFS) and after the expiration of licensing (5%).…”
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Nitrogen content in soils of silvopastoril systems of Prosopis spp. from the Paraguayan Central Chaco by Maura Isabel Díaz Lezcano, Cynthia Carolina Gamarra Lezcano, Mirtha Lucia Vera de Ortiz, Andrea Victoria Santa Cruz Estigarribia

“…Eight plots of 1.0 ha each were established, in which all the carob trees were measured for the estimation of forest biomass, from samples of pastures under and outside the canopy of the trees where, in addition, soil samples were extracted at depths of 0-10 cm and 10-30 cm to determine the nitrogen content, estimated from soil organic matter. In the forest inventories, individuals of the Fabaceae family were identified, followed by the Apocynaceae, Bignonaceae, Capparaceae, Rhamnaceae, Sapotaceae and Zhygophyllacea families, with the Prosopis genus (carob) being the most abundant, associated with pastures of Megathyrsus maximus, Digitaria decumbens and Cenchrus ciliaris species. …”
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A Deep Fusion uNet for Mapping Forests at Tree Species Levels with Multi-Temporal High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery by Ying Guo, Zengyuan Li, Erxue Chen, Xu Zhang, Lei Zhao, Enen Xu, Yanan Hou, Lizhi Liu

“…It is critical to acquire the information of forest type at the tree species level due to its strong links with various quantitative and qualitative indicators in forest inventories. The efficiency of deep-learning classification models for high spatial resolution (HSR) remote sensing image has been demonstrated with the ongoing development of artificial intelligence technology. …”
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Temporal-Spatial Pattern of Carbon Stocks in Forest Ecosystems in Shaanxi, Northwest China. by Gaoyang Cui, Yunming Chen, Yang Cao

“…In this study, we examined the C dynamics of forest ecosystems in Shaanxi, northwest China, based on four forest inventories (1989-1993, 1994-1998, 1999-2003, and 2004-2008) and field-sampling measurements (2012). …”
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Deadwood distribution in European forests by Nicola Puletti, Francesca Giannetti, Gherardo Chirici, Roberto Canullo

“…National forest inventories are a primary source of data for the assessment of forest resources and lastly more often biodiversity at national scales. …”
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A global forest growing stock, biomass and carbon map based on FAO statistics by Kindermann, Georg, McCallum, Ian, Fritz, Steffen, Obersteiner, Michael

“…Currently, information on forest biomass is available from a mixture of sources, including in-situ measurements, national forest inventories, administrative-level statistics, model outputs and regional satellite products. …”
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Transferability of ALS-Derived Forest Resource Inventory Attributes Between an Eastern and Western Canadian Boreal Forest Mixedwood Site by Karin van Ewijk, Piotr Tompalski, Paul Treitz, Nicholas C. Coops, Murray Woods (ret.), Douglas Pitt (ret.)

“…These results have implications for forest researchers and managers on both the number, and location, of FRI plots when considering undertaking forest inventories over large disparate areas.…”
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Height-diameter relationships of tropical Atlantic moist forest trees in southeastern Brazil by Marcos Augusto da Silva Scaranello, Luciana Ferreira Alves, Simone Aparecida Vieira, Plinio Barbosa de Camargo, Carlos Alfredo Joly, Luiz Antônio Martinelli

“…Site-specific height-diameter models may be used to improve biomass estimates for forest inventories where only diameter at breast height (DBH) measurements are available. …”
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Spatial and temporal patterns of carbon storage in forest ecosystems on Hainan island, southern China. by Hai Ren, Linjun Li, Qiang Liu, Xu Wang, Yide Li, Dafeng Hui, Shuguang Jian, Jun Wang, Huai Yang, Hongfang Lu, Guoyi Zhou, Xuli Tang, Qianmei Zhang, Dong Wang, Lianlian Yuan, Xubing Chen

“…Here, we estimated the spatial and temporal patterns of C storage from 1993-2008 in Hainan's forest ecosystems by combining our measured data with four consecutive national forest inventories data. Forest coverage increased from 20.7% in the 1950s to 56.4% in the 2010s. …”
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Remote sensing techniques for forest parameter assessment: multispectral classification and linear spectral mixture analysis by Vohland, Michael, Stoffels, Johannes, Hau, Christina, Schüler, Gebhard

“…Nevertheless, the absolute quantification of stand variables is even more essential for forest inventories. For both issues, satellite data are attractive for their large-area and up-to-date mapping capacities. …”
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Effects of bedrock and surficial deposit composition on moose damage in young forest stands in Finnish Lapland by Ruuhola, Teija, Nikula, Ari, Vesa, Nivala, Nevalainen, Seppo, Matala, Juho

“…Undamaged stands in National Forest Inventories (NFI) from years 1986â2008 served as a control data and moose-damaged NFI-stands as a reference data. …”
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Novel Yield Model of <i>Pinus patula</i> Schltdl. & Cham. Growth near the Ecological Limit in Northwestern Peruvian Andes by Daigard Ricardo Ortega-Rodriguez, Andrea Hevia, Raúl Sánchez-Salguero, Santiago Bermudez Dobbertin, Jedi Rosero-Alvarado, Manuel Chavesta, Mario Tomazello-Filho

“…To address the lack of information on forest inventories of plantations in the Páramo region, this study used annual growth rings (dendrochronology) to build new models of tree growth and wood productivity and compared 22-year-old <i>Pinus patula</i> plots with thinning and unthinning treatments. …”
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A Conventional Cruise and Felled-Tree Validation of Individual Tree Diameter, Height and Volume Derived from Airborne Laser Scanning Data of a Loblolly Pine (<i>P. taeda</i>) Stand... by Mark V. Corrao, Aaron M. Sparks, Alistair M. S. Smith

“…Globally, remotely sensed data and, in particular, Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), are being assessed by the forestry industry for their ability to acquire accurate forest inventories at an individual-tree level. This pilot study compares an inventory derived using the ForestView^® biometrics analysis system to traditional cruise measurements and felled tree measurements for 139 <i>Pinus taeda</i> sp. …”
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Efficiency of C-nn distance sampling method in comparison to sampling with fixed area plot for estimation of forest stem basal area in Kheyroud forests of northern Iran by R Akhavan, Majid Hassani

“…Plotless or distance sampling methods, also known as k- tree sampling, are practical field sampling methods for forest inventories and ecological surveys. In this research, in order to test the efficiency of Continues Nearest Neighbor (C-nn) distance sampling method a 220 ha forest area was selected in Kheyroud forests of northern Iran. …”
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Individual-tree growth system for even-aged Aleppo pine plantations in Aragón, Spain by Francisco RODRÍGUEZ-PUERTA, Rafael ALONSO PONCE, Luz M. FERNÁNDEZ-TOIRÁN, Iñigo LIZARRALDE

“…Material and methods: Two datasets were used: Second and Third Spanish National Forest Inventories (104 plots with 1,678 trees), and ad hoc permanent plots (58 plots with 1720 trees, including 36 dead trees). …”
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Composition Changes in the Boreal Mixedwood Forest of Western Quebec Since Euro-Canadian Settlement by Mathilde Marchais, Dominique Arseneault, Yves Bergeron

“…The pre-settlement composition was compared with modern composition using recent eco-forest inventories (1980–2008), and the influence of surficial deposits on compositional changes assessed. …”
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Ecological Diversity within Rear-Edge: A Case Study from Mediterranean <i>Quercus pyrenaica</i> Willd. by Antonio J. Pérez-Luque, Blas M. Benito, Francisco J. Bonet-García, Regino Zamora

“…We perform multivariate analyses using high-resolution environmental information and forest inventories to determine how environmental variables differ among oak populations, and to identify population groups based on environmental and floristic composition. …”
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A comprehensive data-based assessment of forest ecosystem carbon stocks in the US 1907–2012 by Andreas Magerl, Julia Le Noë, Karl-Heinz Erb, Manan Bhan, Simone Gingrich

“…We build upon timber volume records from historical forest inventories and use a modelling approach to include all relevant pools, e.g. soil carbon, to derive a comprehensive long-term dataset. …”
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Improving Volume and Biomass Equations for <i>Pinus oocarpa</i> in Nicaragua by Luis Alberto Valerio Hernández, Walter Antonio Campos Vanegas, Luis Enrique Cruz Tórrez, José Adolfo Peña Ortiz, Benedicto Vargas-Larreta

“…These equation systems represent a scientific advancement that will enhance forest inventories, optimize timber management of the species, and facilitate accurate monitoring of forest carbon dynamics. …”
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