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Model-assisted forest yield estimation with light detection and ranging

Previous studies have demonstrated that light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-derived variables can be used to model forest yield variables, such as biomass, volume, and number of stems. However, the next step is underrepresented in the literature: estimation of forest yield with appropriate confidence intervals. It is of great importance that the procedures required for...

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Author(s):

Jacob L. Strunk; Stephen E. Reutebuch; Hans-Erik Andersen; Peter J. Gould; Robert J. McGaughey

Year:

2012

Keywords:

forest inventory, design-based, LiDAR, model-assisted, regression estimation

Source:

Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 27(2): 53-59

Large area forest yield estimation with pushbroom Digital Aerial Photogrammetry

Low-cost methods to measure forest structure are needed to consistently and repeatedly inventory forest conditions over large areas. In this study we investigate low-cost pushbroom Digital Aerial Photography (DAP) to aid in the estimation of forest volume over large areas in Washington State (USA). We also examine the effects of plot location precision (low...

Author(s):

Jacob Strunk; Petteri Packalen; Peter Gould; Demetrios Gatziolis; Caleb Maki; Hans-Erik Andersen; Robert J. McGaughey

Year:

2019

Keywords:

Forest inventory, remote sensing, FIA, DAP, lidar, post-stratification.

Source:

Forests. 10(5): 397-.

Effects of Model Choice and Forest Structure on Inventory-Based Estimations of Puerto Rican Forest Biomass.

Total aboveground live tree biomass in Puerto Rican lower montane wet, subtropical wet, subtropical moist and subtropical dry forests was estimated using data from two forest inventories and published regression equations. Multiple potentially-applicable published biomass models existed for some forested life zones, and their estimates tended to diverge with increasing...

Author(s):

THOMAS J. BRANDEIS; MARIA DEL ROCIO SUAREZ ROZO

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Biomass, forest inventory, Puerto Rico, Río Grande de Arecibo

Source:

Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 2, 250-268,

Effects of model choice and forest structure on inventory-based estimations of Puerto Rican forest biomass

Author(s):

Thomas J. Brandeis; Maria Del Rocio; Suarez Rozo

Year:

2005

Keywords:

biomass, forestry inventory, Puerto rico, Rio Grande de Arecibo

Source:

Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 41, No. 2, 250-268

Greenhouse gas emissions versus forest sequestration in temperate rain forests—a southeast Alaska analysis

Sitka, Alaska, has substantial hydroelectric resources, limited driving distances, and a conservation-minded community, all suggesting strong opportunities for achieving a low community carbon footprint. In this research we evaluate the level of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from Sitka and compare this to the estimated CO₂

Author(s):

David Nicholls; Trista Patterson

Year:

2015

Keywords:

carbon sequestration, net ecosystem productivity, greenhouse gas emissions, temperate rain forest.

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-918. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 25 p.

Estimating forest biomass and identifying low-intensity logging areas using airborne scanning lidar in Antimary State Forest, Acre State, Western Brazilian Amazon

The objectives of this study were to estimate above ground forest biomass and identify areas disturbed by selective logging in a 1000 ha Brazilian tropical forest in the Antimary State Forest using airborne lidar data. The study area consisted of three management units, two of which were unlogged, while the third unit was selectively logged at a low intensity. A...

Author(s):

Marcus V.N. d'Oliveira; Stephen E. Reutebuch; Robert J. McGaughey; Hans-Erik Andersen

Year:

2012

Keywords:

forest biomass, airborne laser scanning, selective logging, tropical forest monitoring, lidar, Amazon forest monitoring

Source:

Remote Sensing of Environment. 124: 479-491

Forests of Kentucky, 2014

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in Kentucky based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station. Estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are updated yearly. The estimates presented in this update are...

Author(s):

Thomas Brandeis; Andy Hartsell; KaDonna Randolph; Sonja Oswalt; Consuelo Brandeis

Year:

2016

Keywords:

Source:

Resource Update FS–106. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Estimating consumer willingness to pay a price premium for Alaska secondary wood products.

Dichotomous choice contingent valuation survey techniques were used to estimate mean willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for made-in-Alaska secondary wood products. Respondents were asked to compare two superficially identical end tables, one made in China and one made in Alaska. The surveys were administered at home shows in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Sitka in...

Author(s):

Geoffrey H. Donovan; David L. Nicholls

Year:

2003

Keywords:

Secondary manufacturing, furniture, willingness to pay, contingent valuation, marketing, Alaska

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-553. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 7 p

Equations for merchantable volume for subtropical moist and wet forests of Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, where locally grown woods are primarily used for furniture and crafts production, estimation of wood volume makes it possible to estimate the monetary value of one of the many commodities and services forests provide to society. In the Puerto Rican forest inventories of 1980 and 1990, workers calculated stem volume directly by applying geometric...

Author(s):

Thomas J. Brandeis; Olaf Kuegler; Steven A. Knowe

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Forest inventory and analysis, merchantable stem volume, Puerto Rico, tropical forest, volume equations

Source:

Res. Pap. SRS-39. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 15 p.

Forests of Georgia, 2014

This resource update provides an overview of forest resources in Georgia based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are updated yearly....

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