Using volume-weighted average wood specific gravity of trees reduces bias in aboveground biomass predictions from forest volume data

Sagang L.B.T., Momo S.T., Libalah M.B., Rossi V., Fonton N.H., Mofack G.I., Kamdem N.G., Nguetsop V.F., Sonké B., Pierre P., Barbier N.
2018

With the improvement of remote sensing techniques for forest inventory application such as terrestrial LiDAR, tree volume can now be measured directly, without resorting to allometric equations. However, wood specific gravity (WSG) remains a crucial factor for converting these precise volume measurements into unbiased biomass estimates. In addition to this WSG values obtained from samples ...

Foresterie - Considérations générales; Méthodes de relevé; Physiologie végétale : croissance et développement; Anatomie et morphologie des plantes