New insights into large tropical tree mass and structure from direct harvest and terrestrial lidar

• Published in: Royal Society open science Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 201458
• Main Authors: Burt, Andrew, Boni Vicari, Matheus, da Costa, Antonio C. L., Coughlin, Ingrid, Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy, Disney, Mathias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 10.02.2021
• Subjects: above-ground biomass; allometry; destructive harvest; Ecology, Conservation, and Global Change Biology; terrestrial lidar; tree structure; tropical forests; allometry; destructive harvest; terrestrial lidar; above-ground biomass; tree structure; tropical forests
• ISSN: 2054-5703; 2054-5703
• DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201458

A large portion of the terrestrial vegetation carbon stock is stored in the above-ground biomass (AGB) of tropical forests, but the exact amount remains uncertain, partly owing to the lack of measurements. To date, accessible peer-reviewed data are available for just 10 large tropical trees in the A...