[ANFES] 2011-12-04 NRMI: This Issue: Carbon Mapping and Allometric Equations (Part 3 of 3) and Some Other Good Things

2011-12-04 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST

This Issue: Carbon Mapping and Allometric Equations (Part 3 of 3) and Some Other Good Things

 Carbon Mapping and Allometric Equations (Part 3 of 3). Last month Yogendra Kumar Karna wrote, “I am doing my MSc research in Carbon mapping for tropical forests in Chitwan districts of Nepal. So I am desperately searching for allometric equations of some of the major forest tree species of Nepal. These tree species are as following: Asna/Saj - Terminalia tomentosa, Bhalayo - Semecarpus anacardium, Botdhangeo - Lagerstroemia parviflora, Sal - Shorea robusta, Chilaune - Schima wallichii, and Sindure - Mallotus philippensis. If someone will provide me these equations, I would be very grateful to them. Thanking you”. Here are some sites that may be of interest. If you know of others, please contact Yongendra at yogendra.karna@yahoo.com.

Rahayu, Subekti et al.n.d. Aboveground carbon stock assessment for various land use systems In Nunukan, East Kalimantan. In: Carbon stocks in Nunukan, East Kalimantan: a spatial monitoring and modelling approach. 14 p. http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Publications/files/bookchapter/BC0189-06.PDF

Rahman, Md. Mahmudur 2004. Estimating Carbon Pool and Carbon Release due to Tropical Deforestation Using High-resolution Satellite Data. Dissertation. 238 p. http://d-nb.info/973879068/34

Samek, Jay H. et al. Inpang Carbon Bank in Northeast Thailand: A Community Effort in Carbon Trading from Agroforestry Projects. 18 p. http://www.goes.msu.edu/publications/pdfs_ps/CGCEO%20125.pdf

Saner, P G. 2009. Ecosystem carbon dynamics in logged forest of Malaysian Borneo. University of Zurich, Faculty of Science. 210 p. http://www.zora.uzh.ch/25404/3/ThesisSaner09V2.pdf

Shah, Shyam Kumar.2011. Modelling the relationship between tree canopy projection area and above ground carbon stock using high resolution Geoeye satellite images. Thesis. 94 p. http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2011/msc/nrm/shah.pdf

Sharma, Chandra M. et al. 2010. Tree diversity and carbon stocks of some major forest types of Garhwal Himalaya, India. Forest Ecology and Management 260(12): 2170-2179. Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112710005463

Sheikh, Mehraj A. et al. 2011. Wood specific gravity of some tree species in the Garhwal Himalayas, India. Forestry Studies in China 13(3): 225-230. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j2415173010rv5l6/

Shrestha, Bharat Man. 2007. Land use and land use changes effects on organic carbon pools, soil aggregate associated carbon and soil organic matter quality in a watershed of Nepal. Thesis. 119 p. http://www.forestrynepal.org/images/thesis/PhD_BMShrestha.pdf

Shrestha, Bishnu P. 2009. Carbon Sequestration in Broad Leaved Forests of Mid-Hills of Nepal: A Case Study from Palpa District. The Initiation 2009. 10 p. http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/INIT/article/download/2424/2164

Shrestha, Saurav Kumar. 2011. Carbon stock estimation using very high resolution satellite imagery and individual crown segmentation. (A case study of broadleaved and needle leaved forest of Dolakha, Nepal) 48 p. http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2011/msc/nrm/shrestha.pdf

Singh, Santosh Pal. 2010. Impact of forest degradation on carbon density in soil and vegetation of Shorea rousta (Sal) forests in the part of Siwalik hills of Dehradun, India using geospatial techniques. Thesis. 85 p. http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2010/msc/aes/singh.pdf

Singh, Vishal et al. 2009. Aspect related changes in biomass stocks and carbon sequestration rates of Shorea robusta (Sal) forest of Central Himalaya. Report and Opinion 1(2). 5 p. http://www.sciencepub.net/report/0102/07_0560_Aspect_related_changes.pdf

Tan, Zhenghong et al. 2010. Carbon balance of a primary tropical seasonal rain forest. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. 17 p. http://sourcedb.igsnrr.cas.cn/yw/stxtwlgcymn/stsyslw/201104/P020110420395149931354.pdf

Tiwari, A.K. et al. 2005. Analysis of landuse and biomass in Khanda watershed, Garhwal Himalaya, using satellite remote sensing data. Tropical Ecology 46(2): 253–263. http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/~sunil/Tiwari%20et%20al_2005_Biomass_paper.pdf

Tiwari, A.K.; Singh, J.S.1987. Analysis of Forest Land-use and Vegetation in a Part of Central Himalaya, Using Aerial Photographs. Environmental Conservation September 14: 233-244. Abstract. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=24A32066E3D6263845C885F839B77D8D.journals?fromPage=online&aid=5933148

Tuladhar, Amulya Ratna. 2011. Update Allometric Models. Technical Note for Journal of Nepal Foresters’ Association, 2011 issue. 3 p. http://nepalenvtuladhar.blogspot.com/2011/10/update-allometric-models_26.html :

van Noordwijk ,Meine et al. 2002. Carbon stock assessment for a forest-to-coffee conversion landscape in Sumber-Jaya (Lampung, Indonesia): from allometric equations to land use change analysis. Science in China (Series C) 45 Supp. 12 p. http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/global/pdf/landuse_Canadell_Zhou_Noble2003/Noordwijk_yc0075.pdf

Wibowo, Ari et al. 2010. Determination of project boundary to facilitate measuring and monitoring of carbon stocks. ITTO PD 519/08/Rev.1 (F): 96 p. http://ceserf-itto.puslitsosekhut.web.id/index.php/download/category/1-report?download=19%3Atechnical-report-no.-3

Winrock. 2006. Carbon Storage in the Los Amigos Conservation Concession, Madre de Dios, Perú. 27 p. http://www.winrock.org/ecosystems/files/LACC_Carbon.pdf

Yoneda, Tsuyoshi et al. n.d. Dynamics of aboveground big woody organs in a foothill dipterocarp forest, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Ecological Research 5(1): 111-130. Abstract. http://www.springerlink.com/content/fr1p8323525lnv5k/

Zheng, Zheng et al. 2006. Forest Structure and Biomass of a Tropical Seasonal Rain Forest in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. BIOTROPICA 38(3): 318–327. http://english.xtbg.cas.cn/rh/rd/kl/200604/W020090810521215133163.pdf

ZZZ 104 p. http://www.iirs.gov.in/saurabh_thesis.pdf (I couldn’t capture the title or author of the paper, just the URL)

 SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST

Cronkleton, Peter 2011. Can you log your forest and eat it too? http://www.cifor.org/online-library/polex-cifors-blog-for-and-by-forest-policy-experts/english/detail/article/1222/can-you-log-your-forest-and-eat-it-too.html From Steven Hunter.

Landeiro, V.L.; Magnusson, W.E. 2011. The geometry of spatial analyses: implications for conservation biologists. Nat. Conservacao 9(1):7-19. http://doi.editoracubo.com.br/10.4322/natcon.2011.002

Lasky, J.R., et al. 2011. Conservation biogeography of the US-Mexico border: a transcontinental risk assessment of barriers to animal dispersal. Divers. Distrib. 17(4):673-687. Abstract. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00765.x/abstract

Mawdsley, J. 2011. Design of conservation strategies for climate adaptation. WIREs Clim. Change 2(4):498-515. Abstract. http://wires.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WiresArticle/wisId-WCC127.html

McNeely, J.A. 2011. What more can plant scientists do to help save the green stuff? Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 166(3):233-239. Abstract. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01151.x/abstract

Meador, A.J.S., et al. 2011. A new method for delineating tree patches and assessing spatial reference conditions of ponderosa pine forests in northern Arizona. Restor. Ecol. 19(4):490-499. Abstract, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00652.x/abstract

Metronamic - Dynamic Land Use Modelling and Scenario Analysis. Brochure. http://www.riks.nl/resources/Metronamica_brochure_web.pdf

Muukkonen, P.; Heiskanen,J. 2007. Biomass estimation over a large area based on standwise forest inventory data and ASTER and MODIS satellite data: A possibility to verify carbon inventories. Remote Sensing of Environment 107(4): 617-624. Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003442570600407X

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