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Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-961-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-961-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
Research article
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19 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2016

Modelling above-ground carbon dynamics using multi-temporal airborne lidar: insights from a Mediterranean woodland

W. Simonson, P. Ruiz-Benito, F. Valladares, and D. Coomes

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Repeat-survey airborne laser scanning is used to build a simulation model of vegetation carbon dynamics in a Spanish woodland. Analyses of National Forest Inventory and tree-ring data are used to validate the woodland growth estimates. An average carbon sequestration rate of 1.95 Mg C/ha/year over a 100-year period is predicted, but this is highly sensitive to fire frequency. The study contributes to the important need to monitor large-scale carbon dynamics in the age of climate change.
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