Journal Title
Title of Journal: Environmental Management
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Abbravation: Environmental Management
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag
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Authors: Christopher W Woodall Jacques Rondeux Pieter J Verkerk Göran Ståhl
Publish Date: 2009/08/22
Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 624-631
Abstract
Efforts to assess forest ecosystem carbon stocks biodiversity and fire hazards have spurred the need for comprehensive assessments of forest ecosystem dead wood DW components around the world Currently information regarding the prevalence status and methods of DW inventories occurring in the world’s forested landscapes is scattered The goal of this study is to describe the status DW components measured sample methods employed and DW component thresholds used by national forest inventories that currently inventory DW around the world Study results indicate that most countries do not inventory forest DW Globally we estimate that about 13 of countries inventory DW using a diversity of sample methods and DW component definitions A common feature among DW inventories was that most countries had only just begun DW inventories and employ very low sample intensities There are major hurdles to harmonizing national forest inventories of DW differences in population definitions lack of clarity on sample protocols/estimation procedures and sparse availability of inventory data/reports Increasing database/estimation flexibility developing common dimensional thresholds of DW components publishing inventory procedures/protocols releasing inventory data/reports to international peer review and increasing communication eg workshops among countries inventorying DW are suggestions forwarded by this study to increase DW inventory harmonizationThe authors would like to thank all NFI correspondents that provided us information on DW inventory methods Additionally some survey responses were based on surveys already conducted by COST Action E43 “Harmonization of National Forest Inventories in Europe Techniques for Common Reporting” Verkerk was financially supported by the EU 6th Framework Programme as part of the SENSOR project European Commission contract no 0038742 GOCE
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