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Hubau W, Lewis SL, Phillips OL, Affum-Baffoe K, Beeckman H, Cuní-Sanchez A, Daniels AK, Ewango CEN, Fauset S, Mukinzi JM, Sheil D, Sonké B, Sullivan MJP, Sunderland TCH, Taedoumg H, Thomas SC, White LJT, Abernethy KA, Adu-Bredu S, Amani CA, Baker TR, Banin LF, Baya F, Begne SK, Bennett AC, Benedet F, Bitariho R, Bocko YE, Boeckx P, Boundja P, Brienen RJW, Brncic T, Chezeaux E, Chuyong GB, Clark CJ, Collins M, Comiskey JA, Coomes DA, Dargie GC, de Haulleville T, Kamdem MND, Doucet JL, Esquivel-Muelbert A, Feldpausch TR, Fofanah A, Foli EG, Gilpin M, Gloor E, Gonmadje C, Gourlet-Fleury S, Hall JS, Hamilton AC, Harris DJ, Hart TB, Hockemba MBN, Hladik A, Ifo SA, Jeffery KJ, Jucker T, Yakusu EK, Kearsley E, Kenfack D, Koch A, Leal ME, Levesley A, Lindsell JA, Lisingo J, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Lovett JC, Makana JR, Malhi Y, Marshall AR, Martin J, Martin EH, Mbayu FM, Medjibe VP, Mihindou V, Mitchard ETA, Moore S, Munishi PKT, Bengone NN, Ojo L, Ondo FE, Peh KSH, Pickavance GC, Poulsen AD, Poulsen JR, Qie L, Reitsma J, Rovero F, Swaine MD, Talbot J, Taplin J, Taylor DM, Thomas DW, Toirambe B, Mukendi JT, Tuagben D, Umunay PM, van der Heijden GMF, Verbeeck H, Vleminckx J, Willcock S, Wöll H, Woods JT, Zemagho L. Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests. Nature 2020; 579:80-87. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2035-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Jucker T, Caspersen J, Chave J, Antin C, Barbier N, Bongers F, Dalponte M, van Ewijk KY, Forrester DI, Haeni M, Higgins SI, Holdaway RJ, Iida Y, Lorimer C, Marshall PL, Momo S, Moncrieff GR, Ploton P, Poorter L, Rahman KA, Schlund M, Sonké B, Sterck FJ, Trugman AT, Usoltsev VA, Vanderwel MC, Waldner P, Wedeux BMM, Wirth C, Wöll H, Woods M, Xiang W, Zimmermann NE, Coomes DA. Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes. Glob Chang Biol 2017; 23:177-190. [PMID: 27381364 PMCID: PMC6849852 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Revised: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Remote sensing is revolutionizing the way we study forests, and recent technological advances mean we are now able - for the first time - to identify and measure the crown dimensions of individual trees from airborne imagery. Yet to make full use of these data for quantifying forest carbon stocks and dynamics, a new generation of allometric tools which have tree height and crown size at their centre are needed. Here, we compile a global database of 108753 trees for which stem diameter, height and crown diameter have all been measured, including 2395 trees harvested to measure aboveground biomass. Using this database, we develop general allometric models for estimating both the diameter and aboveground biomass of trees from attributes which can be remotely sensed - specifically height and crown diameter. We show that tree height and crown diameter jointly quantify the aboveground biomass of individual trees and find that a single equation predicts stem diameter from these two variables across the world's forests. These new allometric models provide an intuitive way of integrating remote sensing imagery into large-scale forest monitoring programmes and will be of key importance for parameterizing the next generation of dynamic vegetation models.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tommaso Jucker
- Forest Ecology and Conservation GroupDepartment of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Faculty of ForestryUniversity of Toronto33 Willcocks StreetTorontoONM5S 3B3Canada
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSLZürcherstrasse 111Birmensdorf8903Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité BiologiqueUMR5174, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier Bâtiment 4R1118 route de NarbonneToulouseF‐31062France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementUMR AMAPMontpellierFrance
- Institut Français de PondichéryUMIFRE CNRS‐MAE 21PuducherryIndia
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- Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementUMR AMAPMontpellierFrance
| | - Frans Bongers
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen UniversityPO Box 47AA Wageningen6700the Netherlands
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- Department of Sustainable Agro‐ecosystems and BioresourcesResearch and Innovation CentreFondazione E. Mach, Via E. Mach 1San Michele all'Adige38010Italy
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- Chair of SilvicultureFaculty of Environment and Natural ResourcesFreiburg UniversityTennenbacherstr. 4Freiburg79108Germany
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSLZürcherstrasse 111Birmensdorf8903Switzerland
| | - Steven I. Higgins
- Department of BotanyUniversity of OtagoPO Box 56Dunedin9016New Zealand
| | | | - Yoshiko Iida
- Kyushu Research CenterForestry and Forest Products Research InstituteKumamoto860‐0862Japan
| | - Craig Lorimer
- Department of Forest and Wildlife EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWI53706USA
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- Faculty of ForestryUniversity of British Columbia2424 Main MallVancouverBCV6T 1Z4Canada
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- Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementUMR AMAPMontpellierFrance
- Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et d'EcologieDépartement des Sciences BiologiquesEcole Normale SupérieureUniversité de Yaoundé IYaoundéCameroon
| | - Glenn R. Moncrieff
- Fynbos NodeSouth African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)Centre for Biodiversity ConservationKirstenbosch GardensPrivate Bag X7, Rhodes Drive, ClaremontCape Town7735South Africa
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- Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementUMR AMAPMontpellierFrance
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen UniversityPO Box 47AA Wageningen6700the Netherlands
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- Department of Earth ObservationFriedrich‐Schiller UniversityLoebdergraben 32Jena07743Germany
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- Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et d'EcologieDépartement des Sciences BiologiquesEcole Normale SupérieureUniversité de Yaoundé IYaoundéCameroon
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen UniversityPO Box 47AA Wageningen6700the Netherlands
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- Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesPrinceton UniversityPrincetonNJ08544USA
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- Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ural branch)Russia and Ural State Forest Engineering UniversityYekaterinburg620100Russia
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of Regina3737 Wascana PkwyReginaSKS4S 0A2Canada
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSLZürcherstrasse 111Birmensdorf8903Switzerland
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- Forest Ecology and Conservation GroupDepartment of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Systematic Botany and Functional BiodiversityInstitute of BiologyUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Conservation and Natural Resources ManagementSommersbergseestr. 291Bad AusseeA‐8990Austria
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- Ontario Ministry of Natural ResourcesNorth Bay ONP1A 4L7Canada
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- Faculty of Life Science and TechnologyCentral South University of Forestry and TechnologyChangsha410004China
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- Forest Ecology and Conservation GroupDepartment of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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