A critical review of forest biomass estimation models, common mistakes and corrective measures

GW Sileshi - Forest Ecology and Management, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The choice of biomass estimation models (BEMs) is one of the most important sources of
uncertainty in quantifying forest biomass and carbon fluxes. This review was motivated by …

Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: from the geological past to the next century

PJ Franks, MA Adams, JS Amthor, MM Barbour… - New …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
The rate of CO 2 assimilation by plants is directly influenced by the concentration of CO 2 in
the atmosphere, ca. As an environmental variable, ca also has a unique global and historic …

[HTML][HTML] Individual tree-crown detection in RGB imagery using semi-supervised deep learning neural networks

BG Weinstein, S Marconi, S Bohlman, A Zare, E White - Remote Sensing, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Remote sensing can transform the speed, scale, and cost of biodiversity and forestry
surveys. Data acquisition currently outpaces the ability to identify individual organisms in …

Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

J Chave, M Réjou‐Méchain, A Búrquez… - Global change …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial carbon stock map** is important for the successful implementation of climate
change mitigation policies. Its accuracy depends on the availability of reliable allometric …

Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

TR Feldpausch, J Lloyd, SL Lewis, RJW Brienen… - …, 2012‏ - bg.copernicus.org
Aboveground tropical tree biomass and carbon storage estimates commonly ignore tree
height (H). We estimate the effect of incorporating H on tropics-wide forest biomass …

Amazon forests maintain consistent canopy structure and greenness during the dry season

DC Morton, J Nagol, CC Carabajal, J Rosette… - Nature, 2014‏ - nature.com
The seasonality of sunlight and rainfall regulates net primary production in tropical forests.
Previous studies have suggested that light is more limiting than water for tropical forest …

Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

CA Quesada, OL Phillips, M Schwarz… - …, 2012‏ - bg.copernicus.org
Forest structure and dynamics vary across the Amazon Basin in an east-west gradient
coincident with variations in soil fertility and geology. This has resulted in the hypothesis that …

Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics

JWF Slik, G Paoli, K McGuire, I Amaral… - Global ecology and …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Large trees (dbh≥ 70 cm) store large amounts of biomass. Several studies suggest that
large trees may be vulnerable to changing climate, potentially leading to declining forest …

Variability and uncertainty in forest biomass estimates from the tree to landscape scale: The role of allometric equations

AG Vorster, PH Evangelista, AEL Stovall… - Carbon Balance and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Biomass maps are valuable tools for estimating forest carbon and forest
planning. Individual-tree biomass estimates made using allometric equations are the …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

S Fauset, MO Johnson, M Gloor, TR Baker… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
While Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, the abundance of trees is skewed
strongly towards relatively few 'hyperdominant'species. In addition to their diversity …