Mapping Above- and Below-Ground Carbon Pools in Boreal Forests: The Case for Airborne Lidar.

ABSTRACT: A large and growing body of evidence has demonstrated that airborne scanning light detection and ranging (lidar) systems can be an effective tool in measuring and monitoring above-ground forest tree biomass. However, the potential of lidar as an all-round tool for assisting in assessment of carbon (C) stocks in soil and non-tree vegetation components of the forest ecosystem has been given much less attention. Here we combine the use airborne small footprint scanning lidar with fine-scale spatial C data relating to vegetation and the soil surface to describe and contrast the size and spatial distribution of C pools within and among multilayered Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands. Predictor variables from lidar derived metrics delivered precise models of above- and below-ground tree C, which

SUBMITTER: Kristensen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591287 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature