Protection is better than management to maintain tree species: A case study of lesser-Himalayan moist-temperate forests of Pakistan by Waseem Hayat, Salman Khan, Akhtar Iqbal, Shakeel Ahmad, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi

“…Present study was focused on forests’ inventory in unprotected area to assess the implications of forest management practices through quadrate-plot survey method with systematic sampling design. …”
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Assessment of Tree Diameter Estimation Methods from Mobile Laser Scanning in a Historic Garden by Enrique Pérez-Martín, Serafín López-Cuervo Medina, Tomás Herrero-Tejedor, Miguel Angel Pérez-Souza, Julian Aguirre de Mata, Alejandra Ezquerra-Canalejo

“…Geo-referenced 3D models are currently in demand as an initial knowledge base for cultural heritage projects and forest inventories. The mobile laser scanning (MLS) used for geo-referenced 3D models offers ever greater efficiency in the acquisition of 3D data and their subsequent application in the fields of forestry. …”
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A deep learning approach for automatic mapping of poplar plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery by G. D’Amico, S. Francini, F. Giannetti, E. Vangi, D. Travaglini, F. Chianucci, W. Mattioli, M. Grotti, N. Puletti, P. Corona, G. Chirici

“…Therefore, monitoring poplar plantations requires a frequent update of information – not feasible by National Forest Inventories due to their periodicity – achievable by remote sensing systems applications. …”
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Ecological Importance of Small-Diameter Trees to the Structure, Diversity and Biomass of a Tropical Evergreen Forest at Rabi, Gabon. by Hervé R Memiaghe, James A Lutz, Lisa Korte, Alfonso Alonso, David Kenfack

“…Until recently, most forest inventories in Central Africa have focused on trees ≥10 cm in diameter, even though several studies have shown that small-diameter tree population may be important to demographic rates and nutrient cycling. …”
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Local models for forest canopy cover with beta regression by Korhonen, Lauri, Korhonen, Kari, Stenberg, Pauline, Maltamo, Matti, Rautiainen, Miina

“…Accurate field measurement of the forest canopy cover is too laborious to be used in extensive forest inventories. A possible alternative to the separate canopy cover measurements is to utilize the correlations between the percent canopy cover and easier-to-measure forest variables, especially the basal area. …”
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A comparison of forest structural methods of semiarid mangrove species using a field-based approach by Francisco Flores-de-Santiago, Francisco Flores-Verdugo

“… The data obtained from field-based forest inventories, mainly basal area and stem density, are relevant for the analysis of aboveground biomass and forest fragmentation. …”
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Padrões de Respostas Polarimétricas SAR e Mecanismos de Espalhamento de Alvos Florestais Derivados de Radar de Banda L by João Roberto dos Santos, Fábio Guimarães Gonçalves

“…The resulting surfaces were visually compared and the configuration of each plot was analyzed with support of physiognomic-structural information collected during forest inventories. The distinction between single and multiple scattering mechanisms was done by the association of entropy and alpha angle values derived from target decomposition for each sample area. …”
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DNA Barcoding of Malagasy Rosewoods: Towards a Molecular Identification of CITES-Listed Dalbergia Species. by Sonja Hassold, Porter P Lowry, Martin R Bauert, Annick Razafintsalama, Lolona Ramamonjisoa, Alex Widmer

“…Reliable identification of Dalbergia species from Madagascar is important for law enforcement but is almost impossible without fertile plant material, which is often unavailable during forest inventories or when attempting to identify logged trees of cut wood. …”
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Multi-Model Approaches to the Spatialization of Tree Vitality Surveys: Constructing a National Tree Vitality Map by Yuyoung Choi, Hye In Chung, Chul-Hee Lim, Jun-Hee Lee, Won Il Choi, Seong Woo Jeon

“…An area-based forest health map is required for efficient forest management on a national scale however, most national forest inventories are based on in-situ observations. This study examined methodologies to establish an area-based map on tree vitality grade using field survey data, particularly that containing information on several trees at one point. …”
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The forest recovery path after drought dependence on forest type and stock volume by Hui Luo, Tao Zhou, Peixin Yu, Chuixiang Yi, Xia Liu, Yajie Zhang, Peifang Zhou, Jingzhou Zhang, Yixin Xu

“…Then, we applied the normalized difference vegetation index deficit and forest property maps derived from forest inventories to investigate the potential impacts of forest properties on forest recovery paths. …”
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COMPARING NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN WHAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE TO BE <i>THERE</i>: MAPPING VARIATIONS IN CROWD SOURCED LAND COVER by A. Comber, P. Mooney, R. S. Purves, D. Rocchini, A. Walz

“…This is important because such data re now routinely being used to develop global land cover data, to generate uncertainty estimates of existing global land cover products and to generate global forest inventories. These in turn are being suggested as suitable inputs to such things as global climate models. …”
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THE EFFECT OF WIND ON TREE STEM PARAMETER ESTIMATION USING TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING by M. T. Vaaja, J.-P. Virtanen, M. Kurkela, V. Lehtola, J. Hyyppä, H. Hyyppä

“…The 3D measurement technique of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in forest inventories has shown great potential for improving the accuracy and efficiency of both individual tree and plot level data collection. …”
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Optimal Survey Design for Forest Carbon Monitoring in Remote Regions Using Multi-Objective Mathematical Programming by Sándor F. Tóth, Kiva L. Oken, Christine C. Stawitz, Hans-Erik Andersen

“…While carbon monitoring systems are often based on national forest inventories (NFI) utilizing a large sample of field plots, in remote regions the lack of transportation infrastructure often requires heavier reliance on remote sensing technologies, such as airborne lidar. …”
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A tree detection method based on trunk point cloud section in dense plantation forest using drone LiDAR data by Yupan Zhang, Yiliu Tan, Yuichi Onda, Asahi Hashimoto, Takashi Gomi, Chenwei Chiu, Shodai Inokoshi

“…Drone LiDAR systems and terrestrial laser scanning systems produce high-density point clouds that offer great promise for forest inventories in limited areas. However, most studies have focused on the upper canopy layer and neglected the lower forest structure. …”
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Effects of Wildfire and the Presence of the Invasive <i>Paulownia tomentosa</i> on the Regeneration of Native Tree Species in North-Central Appalachia by Roger Williams, Haibin Wang

“…Based on earlier forest inventories it was known that paulownia (<i>Paulownia tomentosa</i>), a non-native invasive tree species, occurred in the forest. …”
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Age-related and stand-wise estimates of carbon stocks and sequestration in the aboveground coarse wood biomass of wetland forests in the northern Pantanal, Brazil by J. Schöngart, J. Arieira, C. Felfili Fortes, E. Cezarine de Arruda, C. Nunes da Cunha

“…In four 1-ha plots in stands characterized by the pioneer tree species &lt;i&gt;Vochysia divergens&lt;/i&gt; Pohl (Vochysiaceae) forest inventories (trees &amp;ge;10 cm diameter at breast height, &lt;i&gt;D&lt;/i&gt;) have been performed and converted to estimates of AGWB by two allometric models using three independent parameters (&lt;i&gt;D&lt;/i&gt;, tree height &lt;i&gt;H&lt;/i&gt; and wood density &amp;rho;). …”
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Density, structure and spatial distribution of Brazilnut trees (Bertholletia excelsa H. & B.) on two plateaus of moist evergreen forest in the northern Brazilian Amazon by Rafael de Paiva Salomão

“…The study sites, termed the Almeidas and Aviso plateaus, include forested areas of 763 and 1,365 ha, respectively, where forest inventories were made including all Brazilnut trees with dbh ≥ 10 cm. …”
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Use of uncertain inventory data in forestry scenario models and consequential incorrect harvest decisions by Eid, Tron

“…The selected error levels were based on observations from practical forest inventories in Norway. The analysis tool was GAYA-JLP. …”
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Delineating forest stands from grid data by Timo Pukkala

“…Abstract Background Forest inventories are increasingly based on airborne laser scanning (ALS). …”
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REAL AND SIMULATED WAVEFORM RECORDING LIDAR DATA IN BOREAL JUVENILE FOREST VEGETATION by A. Hovi, I. Korpela

“…Airborne small-footprint LiDAR is replacing field measurements in regional-level forest inventories, but auxiliary field work is still required for the optimal management of young stands. …”
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