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Research article
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22 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 22 Jun 2018
| 22 Jun 2018
Estimating aboveground carbon density and its uncertainty in Borneo's structurally complex tropical forests using airborne laser scanning
Tommaso Jucker
Forest Ecology and Conservation group, Department of Plant Sciences,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
CSIRO Land and Water, 147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western
Australia, Australia
Gregory P. Asner
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260
Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Michele Dalponte
Department of Sustainable Agro-ecosystems and Bioresources, Research
and Innovation Centre, Fondazione E. Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele
all'Adige, Italy
Philip G. Brodrick
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260
Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Christopher D. Philipson
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich,
Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, University of
Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Nicholas R. Vaughn
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260
Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Yit Arn Teh
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank
Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
Craig Brelsford
Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Center (ViPS),
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
David F. R. P. Burslem
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank
Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
Nicolas J. Deere
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of
Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK
Robert M. Ewers
Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhusrt Road, Ascot
SL5 7PY, UK
Jakub Kvasnica
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Forest Botany,
Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic
Simon L. Lewis
School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT,
UK
Yadvinder Malhi
Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the
Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Sol Milne
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank
Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
Reuben Nilus
Forest Research Centre, Sabah Forestry Department, P.O. Box 1407,
90715 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Marion Pfeifer
School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK
Oliver L. Phillips
School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Lan Qie
Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhusrt Road, Ascot
SL5 7PY, UK
School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Nathan Renneboog
Permian Global, Savoy Hill House, 7-10 Savoy Hill, London WC2R 0BU,
UK
Glen Reynolds
South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP), Danum
Valley Field Centre, P.O. Box 60282, 91112 Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia
Terhi Riutta
Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhusrt Road, Ascot
SL5 7PY, UK
Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the
Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Matthew J. Struebig
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of
Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK
Martin Svátek
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Forest Botany,
Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic
Edgar C. Turner
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street,
Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
Forest Ecology and Conservation group, Department of Plant Sciences,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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Efforts to protect tropical forests hinge on recognizing the ecosystem services they provide, including their ability to store carbon. Airborne laser scanning (ALS) captures information on the 3-D structure of forests, allowing carbon stocks to be mapped. By combining ALS with data from 173 field plots on the island of Borneo, we develop a simple yet general model for estimating forest carbon stocks from the air. Our model underpins ongoing efforts to restore Borneo's unique tropical forests.
Efforts to protect tropical forests hinge on recognizing the ecosystem services they provide,...
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