[Forest-list] 2013-04-14 NRMI: This Issue: LiDAR and Forest Inventory (Part 2 of 2) and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2013-04-14**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:***/LiDAR and Forest Inventory (Part 2 of 2)/***and Some 
Other Good Things

*BUT FIRST, WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP? /GIS/Remote Sensing in Transportation 
Sector -/ *George Eshiamwata, Egerton University, is seeing papers on 
the application of GIS/Remote Sensing in the transportation sector. If 
you have some information to share, please contact George 
at**eshiamwatagw at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:eshiamwatagw at yahoo.co.uk> or 
gweshiamwata at gmail.com <mailto:gweshiamwata at gmail.com>.

*LIDAR AND FOREST INVENTORY (PART 2 OF 2) --*Listing provided by Tim 
Gregoire (Yale), Eric Næsset (Norwegian University of Life Sciences 
(UMB)), Göran Ståhl (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) and 
Hans-Erik Andersen, US Forest Service. Thank you!

Næsset, E. 2002. *Predicting forest stand characteristics with airborne 
scanning laser using a practical two-stage procedure and field data.* 
<http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/7_pdf/6_WG-VII-6/27.pdf> 
Remote Sensing of Environment 80:88-99.

Næsset, E., et al. 2013. *Model-assisted estimation of change in forest 
biomass over an 11 year period in a sample survey supported by airborne 
LiDAR: A case study with poststratification to provide "activity data* 
<http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/model-assisted-estimation-of-change-in-forest-biomass-over-an-11-year-nkramMxmEg>*".*/Remote 
Sensing of Environment/ 128:299-314.First page

Næsset, E., et al. 2013. *Comparison of precision of biomass estimates 
in regional field sample surveys and airborne LiDAR-assisted surveys in 
Hedmark County, Norway. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425712004427> 
*/Remote Sensing of Environment/ 130:108--120. Abstract.

Næsset, E., et al. 2011. *Model-assisted regional forest biomass 
estimation using LiDAR and InSAR as auxiliary data: A case study from a 
boreal forest area.* 
<http://journals2.scholarsportal.info/details.xqy?uri=/00344257/v115i0012/3599_mrfbeusfabfa.xml>**/Remote 
Sensing of Environment/115:3599-3614. Abstract.

Nelson, R. F., et al. 2009. *Estimating Québec Provincial Forest 
Resources Using ICESat/GLAS.* 
<http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-199794613.html>/Canadian Journal of 
Forest Research/ 39: 862-881.

Nelson, R., et al. 2012. *Lidar Sampling - Using an Airborne Profiler to 
Estimate Forest Biomass in Hedmark County, Norway* 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425712001848>. 
/Remote Sensing of Environment/ 123:563-578. Abstract.

Nelson, R.F, et al. 2008. *Regional Forest Inventory Using an Airborne 
Profiling LiDAR.* 
<http://ci.nii.ac.jp/els/110009357735.pdf?id=ART0009891119&type=pdf&lang=en&host=cinii&order_no=&ppv_type=0&lang_sw=&no=1362923397&cp=>/Japanese 
Journal of Forest Planning/, 13: 287-294.

Salas, C.; Gregoire, T. G. 2010. *Statistical analysis of ratio 
estimators and their estimators of variances when the auxiliary variate 
is measured with error.* 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-009-0277-3#page-1>/European 
Journal of Forest Research/ 129:847-861.First page

Salas, C., et al.2010. *Modelling tree diameter from airborne laser 
scanning derived variables: a comparison of spatial statistical models* 
<http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/modelling-tree-diameter-from-airborne-laser-scanning-derived-variables-hE6YQtHBEK/1>. 
/Remote Sensing of Environment/ 114:1277-1285. First page

Ståhl, G., et al. 2011. *Model-based inference for biomass estimation in 
a LiDAR sample survey in Hedmark County, Norway* 
<http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/X10-195#.UTyUxCqF9ls>*.*/Canadian 
Journal of Forest Research/ 41:96-107.

Wulder, M.A., et al. 2012. *Lidar sampling for large-area forest 
characterization: A review* 
<http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/33377.pdf>. Remote Sensing of 
Environment, 121: 196--209.

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Adame MF, et al. 2013. *Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands 
within the Karstic Landscape of the Mexican Caribbean. PLoS ONE 8(2): 
e56569. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056569. 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056569>* 


ADSEWPC. 2012. *The Role of Wetlands in the Carbon Cycle 
<http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/wetlands/pubs/wetlands-role-in-carbon-cycle.doc>*. 
Issues Paper. Australian Dept. of Sustainability, Environment, Water, 
Population and Communities (ADSEWPC) 14 p.

Allendorf, T.D.; Allendorf, K. 2012. *What every conservation biologist 
should know about human population*. Conserv. Biol. 26(6):953-955.

Anon. 2013. *Wood- The fuel of the future - Environmental lunacy in 
Europe. 
<http://www.economist.com/news/business/21575771-environmental-lunacy-europe-fuel-future>* 
The Economist. 6 April 2013. From Denise Boggs, Appeal List.

Asner, Gregory P. 2009.*Tropical forest carbon assessment: integrating 
satellite and airborne mapping approaches 
<http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/4/3/034009/fulltext/>*. Environ. 
Res. Lett. 4

Aspinall, Richard. N.,d. *Modelling land use and land cover change with 
GIS and remote sensing --what do we miss? 
<http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/research/eeo/seminars/aspinall.pdf>* PPT. 62 
slides.

Briassoulis, Helen. N.d. *Analysis of Land Use Change: Theoretical and 
Modeling Approaches. The 
<http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Briassoulis/chapter1%28introduction%29.htm#1.6>* 
Web Book of Regional Science.

Brooks, Colin et al. n.d. *USDOT/RITA Streamlining EIS Land Use -- MTRI 
Documenting Land Use and Land Cover Conditions Synthesis Report. 
<http://www.ncrste.msstate.edu/sepp_sr/sr_drafts/NCRST_SEPP_SR_TSK4_DOCUMENTING_LULC_CONDITIONS.pdf> 
*7 p.

Cabello, J., et al. 2012. *The ecosystem functioning dimension in 
conservation: insights from remote sensing 
<http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232733899_The_ecosystem_functioning_dimension_in_conservation_insights_from_remote_sensing/file/79e4150c049452949d.pdf>*. 
Biodivers. Conserv. 21(13):3287-3305.

Cartus, Oliver et al. 2012. *Mapping Canopy Height and Growing Stock 
Volume Using Airborne Lidar, ALOS PALSAR and Landsat 
ETM+.<http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/4/11/3320/pdf>*Remote Sens. 2012, 4, 
3320-3345;

Chai, S.L., et al. 2012. *Evaluation of forest recovery over time and 
space using permanent plots monitored over 30 years in a Jamaican 
montane rain forest 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0048859>*. 
PLoS ONE 7(11):e48859.

Chojnicki, B.H. 2013.*Spectral estimation of wetland carbon dioxide 
exchange 
<http://www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle.fullcontentlink:pdfeventlink/$002fj$002fintag.2013.27.issue-1$002fv10247-012-0061-3$002fv10247-012-0061-3.xml?t:ac=j$002fintag.2013.27.issue-1$002fv10247-012-0061-3$002fv10247-012-0061-3.xml>*. 
Int. Agrophys, 27:1-5.

De Oliveira, Eric et al. 2006. *Predictive modelling of coastal habitats 
using remote sensing data and fuzzy logic: a case for seaweed in 
Brittany (France). 
<http://www.eproceedings.org/static/vol05_2/05_2_de-oliveira1.pdf?SessionID=59a247fd513a7fdda974d>* 
EARSeL eProceedings 5, 2/2006: 208-223.

Domptail, S., Nuppenau, E.-A. 2010. *The role of uncertainty and 
expectations in modeling (range)land use strategies: An application of 
dynamic optimization modeling with recursion 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800910002909>*. 
Ecological Economics 69 (12): 2475-2485. Abstract.

Dorminey, Bruce. 2013. *Giant Sequoias Face Looming Threat from Shifting 
Climate 
<http://e360.yale.edu/feature/giant_sequoias_face_looming_threat_from_shifting_climate/2631/>*. 
Yale Environment 360.

Dornelas, M., et al. 2013. *Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity: 
challenges and opportunities. 
<http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1750/20121931.long> 
*Proc. Roy. Soc. B 280(1750):20121931.

Drew, J.A., et al. 2012. *Biodiversity inventories and conservation of 
the marine fishes of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea. 
<http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/12/15>* BMC Ecology 12:15.

Duren, O.C., et al. 2012. *Vegetation change from the Euro-American 
settlement era to the present in relation to environment and disturbance 
in southwest Oregon. 
<http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3955/046.086.0407>* Northwest Sci. 
86(4):310-328.

DW. 2013.*Protecting Paraguay's forests from cows and soya farms 
<http://www.dw.de/protecting-paraguays-forests-from-cows-and-soya-farms/a-16700031>*

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