TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gschwantner, Thomas
AU  - Alberdi, Iciar
AU  - Bauwens, Sebastien
AU  - Bender, Susann
AU  - Borota, Dragan
AU  - Bosela, Michal
AU  - Bouriaud, Olivier
AU  - Breidenbach, Johannes
AU  - Donis, Janis
AU  - Fischer, Christoph
AU  - Gasparini, Patrizia
AU  - Heffernan, Luke
AU  - Herve, Jean-Christophe
AU  - Kolozs, Laszlo
AU  - Korhonen, Kari T.
AU  - Koutsias, Nikos
AU  - Kovacsevics, Pal
AU  - Kucera, Miloš
AU  - Kulbokas, Gintaras
AU  - Kuliesis, Andrius
AU  - Lanz, Adrian
AU  - Lejeune, Philippe
AU  - Lind, Torgny
AU  - Marin, Gheorghe
AU  - Morneau, Francois
AU  - Nord-Larsen, Thomas
AU  - Nunes, Leonia
AU  - Pantić, Damjan
AU  - Redmond, John
AU  - Rego, Francisco C.
AU  - Riedel, Thomas
AU  - Seben, Vladimir
AU  - Sims, Allan
AU  - Skudnik, Mitja
AU  - Tomter, Stein M.
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1341
AB  - Wood resources have been essential for human welfare throughout history. Also nowadays, the volume of growing stock (GS) is considered one of the most important forest attributes monitored by National Forest Inventories (NFIs) to inform policy decisions and forest management planning. The origins of forest inventories closely relate to times of early wood shortage in Europe causing the need to explore and plan the utilisation of GS in the catchment areas of mines, saltworks and settlements. Over time, forest surveys became more detailed and their scope turned to larger areas, although they were still conceived as stand-wise inventories. In the 1920s, the first sample-based NFIs were introduced in the northern European countries. Since the earliest beginnings, GS monitoring approaches have considerably evolved. Current NFI methods differ due to country-specific conditions, inventory traditions, and information needs. Consequently, GS estimates were lacking international comparability and were therefore subject to recent harmonisation efforts to meet the increasing demand for consistent forest resource information at European level. As primary large-area monitoring programmes in most European countries, NFIs assess a multitude of variables, describing various aspects of sustainable forest management, including for example wood supply, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. Many of these contemporary subject matters involve considerations about GS and its changes, at different geographic levels and time frames from past to future developments according to scenario simulations. Due to its historical, continued and currently increasing importance, we provide an up-to-date review focussing on large-area GS monitoring where we i) describe the origins and historical development of European NFIs, ii) address the terminology and present GS definitions of NFIs, iii) summarise the current methods of 23 European NFIs including sampling methods, tree measurements, volume models, estimators, uncertainty components, and the use of air-and space-borne data sources, iv) present the recent progress in NFI harmonisation in Europe, and v) provide an outlook under changing climate and forest-based bioeconomy objectives.
T2  - Forest Ecology and Management
T1  - Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation
VL  - 505
DO  - 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119868
UR  - conv_1612
ER  - 

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author = "Gschwantner, Thomas and Alberdi, Iciar and Bauwens, Sebastien and Bender, Susann and Borota, Dragan and Bosela, Michal and Bouriaud, Olivier and Breidenbach, Johannes and Donis, Janis and Fischer, Christoph and Gasparini, Patrizia and Heffernan, Luke and Herve, Jean-Christophe and Kolozs, Laszlo and Korhonen, Kari T. and Koutsias, Nikos and Kovacsevics, Pal and Kucera, Miloš and Kulbokas, Gintaras and Kuliesis, Andrius and Lanz, Adrian and Lejeune, Philippe and Lind, Torgny and Marin, Gheorghe and Morneau, Francois and Nord-Larsen, Thomas and Nunes, Leonia and Pantić, Damjan and Redmond, John and Rego, Francisco C. and Riedel, Thomas and Seben, Vladimir and Sims, Allan and Skudnik, Mitja and Tomter, Stein M.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Wood resources have been essential for human welfare throughout history. Also nowadays, the volume of growing stock (GS) is considered one of the most important forest attributes monitored by National Forest Inventories (NFIs) to inform policy decisions and forest management planning. The origins of forest inventories closely relate to times of early wood shortage in Europe causing the need to explore and plan the utilisation of GS in the catchment areas of mines, saltworks and settlements. Over time, forest surveys became more detailed and their scope turned to larger areas, although they were still conceived as stand-wise inventories. In the 1920s, the first sample-based NFIs were introduced in the northern European countries. Since the earliest beginnings, GS monitoring approaches have considerably evolved. Current NFI methods differ due to country-specific conditions, inventory traditions, and information needs. Consequently, GS estimates were lacking international comparability and were therefore subject to recent harmonisation efforts to meet the increasing demand for consistent forest resource information at European level. As primary large-area monitoring programmes in most European countries, NFIs assess a multitude of variables, describing various aspects of sustainable forest management, including for example wood supply, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. Many of these contemporary subject matters involve considerations about GS and its changes, at different geographic levels and time frames from past to future developments according to scenario simulations. Due to its historical, continued and currently increasing importance, we provide an up-to-date review focussing on large-area GS monitoring where we i) describe the origins and historical development of European NFIs, ii) address the terminology and present GS definitions of NFIs, iii) summarise the current methods of 23 European NFIs including sampling methods, tree measurements, volume models, estimators, uncertainty components, and the use of air-and space-borne data sources, iv) present the recent progress in NFI harmonisation in Europe, and v) provide an outlook under changing climate and forest-based bioeconomy objectives.",
journal = "Forest Ecology and Management",
title = "Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation",
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Gschwantner, T., Alberdi, I., Bauwens, S., Bender, S., Borota, D., Bosela, M., Bouriaud, O., Breidenbach, J., Donis, J., Fischer, C., Gasparini, P., Heffernan, L., Herve, J., Kolozs, L., Korhonen, K. T., Koutsias, N., Kovacsevics, P., Kucera, M., Kulbokas, G., Kuliesis, A., Lanz, A., Lejeune, P., Lind, T., Marin, G., Morneau, F., Nord-Larsen, T., Nunes, L., Pantić, D., Redmond, J., Rego, F. C., Riedel, T., Seben, V., Sims, A., Skudnik, M.,& Tomter, S. M.. (2022). Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation. in Forest Ecology and Management, 505.
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Gschwantner T, Alberdi I, Bauwens S, Bender S, Borota D, Bosela M, Bouriaud O, Breidenbach J, Donis J, Fischer C, Gasparini P, Heffernan L, Herve J, Kolozs L, Korhonen KT, Koutsias N, Kovacsevics P, Kucera M, Kulbokas G, Kuliesis A, Lanz A, Lejeune P, Lind T, Marin G, Morneau F, Nord-Larsen T, Nunes L, Pantić D, Redmond J, Rego FC, Riedel T, Seben V, Sims A, Skudnik M, Tomter SM. Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation. in Forest Ecology and Management. 2022;505.
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Gschwantner, Thomas, Alberdi, Iciar, Bauwens, Sebastien, Bender, Susann, Borota, Dragan, Bosela, Michal, Bouriaud, Olivier, Breidenbach, Johannes, Donis, Janis, Fischer, Christoph, Gasparini, Patrizia, Heffernan, Luke, Herve, Jean-Christophe, Kolozs, Laszlo, Korhonen, Kari T., Koutsias, Nikos, Kovacsevics, Pal, Kucera, Miloš, Kulbokas, Gintaras, Kuliesis, Andrius, Lanz, Adrian, Lejeune, Philippe, Lind, Torgny, Marin, Gheorghe, Morneau, Francois, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Nunes, Leonia, Pantić, Damjan, Redmond, John, Rego, Francisco C., Riedel, Thomas, Seben, Vladimir, Sims, Allan, Skudnik, Mitja, Tomter, Stein M., "Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation" in Forest Ecology and Management, 505 (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119868 .,
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