Allometric equations and wood density parameters for estimating aboveground and woody debris biomass in Cajander larch (<i>Larix cajanderi</i>) forests of northeast Siberia

Delcourt, Clement Jean Frédéric; Veraverbeke, Sander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4499-2022

Articles | Volume 19, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4499-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4499-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 18

Research article

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16 Sep 2022

Research article |

| 16 Sep 2022

Allometric equations and wood density parameters for estimating aboveground and woody debris biomass in Cajander larch (Larix cajanderi) forests of northeast Siberia

Clement Jean Frédéric Delcourt and Sander Veraverbeke

Data sets

Biomass tree data base D. Schepaschenko, A. Shvidenko, V. Usoltsev, P. Lakyda, Y. Luo, R. Vasylyshyn, I. Lakyda, Y. Myklush, L. See, I. Mc-Callum, S. Fritz, F. Kraxner, and M. Obersteiner https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871491

Field measurements for estimating aboveground and woody debris biomass in Cajander larch forests of northeast Siberia C. J. F. Delcourt and S. Veraverbeke https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7049450

Model code and software

delcourtc/larix-allometry: First release of larix-allometry code (v1.0.0) C. Delcourt https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7079233

Short summary

This study provides new equations that can be used to estimate aboveground tree biomass in larch-dominated forests of northeast Siberia. Applying these equations to 53 forest stands in the Republic of Sakha (Russia) resulted in significantly larger biomass stocks than when using existing equations. The data presented in this work can help refine biomass estimates in Siberian boreal forests. This is essential to assess changes in boreal vegetation and carbon dynamics.