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Richard Birdsey
Notes: This person is no longer an employee of the Northern Research Station.
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- Pan, Y.; Chen, J.M.; Birdsey, R.; McCullough, K.; He, L.; Deng, F. 2011. Age structure and disturbance legacy of North American forests. Biogeosciences. 8: 715-732.
- Birdsey, R.A.; Lucas, R.; Pan, Y.; Sun, G.; Gustafson, E.J.; Perera, A.H. . 2010. Managing landscapes at multiple scales for sustainability of ecosystem functions (Preface). Forest Ecology and Management 259:1213-1214
- Hines, Sarah J.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2010. An annotated bibliography of scientific literature on managing forests for carbon benefits. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-57. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 49 p. [Includes CD-ROM].
- Pan, Y.; Chen, J.M.; Birdsey, R.; McCullough, K.; He, L.; Deng, F. 2010. Age structure and disturbance legacy of North American forests. Biogeoscience Discussions. 7: 979-1020.
- Ryan, Michael G.; Harmon, Mark E.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Giardina, Christian P.; Heath, Linda S.; Houghton, Richard A.; Jackson, Robert B.; McKinley, Duncan C.; Morrison, James F.; Murray, Brian C.; Pataki, Diane E.; Skog, Kenneth E. 2010. A synthesis of the science on forests and carbon for U.S. Forests. Ecological Society of America: Issues In Ecology. 13:1-16.
Publications & Products
- Pan, Yude ; Jackson, Robert B.; Hollinger, David Y.; Phillips, Oliver L.; Nowak, Robert S.; Norby, Richard J.; Oren, Ram ; Reich, Peter B.; Lüscher, Andreas ; Mueller, Kevin E.; Owensby, Clenton ; Birdsey, Richard ; Hom, John ; Luo, Yiqi. 2022. Contrasting responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased CO2 as water supply varies. Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Dugan, Alexa J.; Healey, Sean P.; Dante-Wood, Karen ; Zhang, Fangmin ; Mo, Gang ; Chen, Jing M.; Hernandez, Alexander J.; Raymond, Crystal L.; McCarter, James. 2019. Assessment of the influence of disturbance, management activities, and environmental factors on carbon stocks of U.S. national forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-402. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 116 pages plus appendices.
- Bengston, David N.; Peck, Jonathan; Olson, Robert; Barros, Melissa; Birdsey, Richard A.; Williams, Daniel R.; Leyva Reyes, Juan Carlos; José Zamudio, Francisco. 2018. North American Forest Futures 2018-2090: Scenarios for Building a More Resilient Forest Sector. World Futures Review
- Berryman, Erin M.; Vanderhoof, Melanie K.; Bradford, John B.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Henne, Paul D.; Burns, Sean P.; Frank, John M.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ryan, Michael G. 2018. Estimating soil respiration in a subalpine landscape using point, terrain, climate, and greenness data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123: 3231-3249.
- Dai, Zhaohua ; Trettin, Carl C.; Frolking, Steve ; Birdsey, Richard A. 2018. Mangrove carbon assessment tool: Model development and sensitivity analysis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
- Dai, Zhaohua ; Trettin, Carl C.; Frolking, Steve ; Birdsey, Richard A. 2018. Mangrove carbon assessment tool: Model validation and assessment of mangroves in southern USA and Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
- Dugan, Alexa J.; Birdsey, Richard ; Mascorro, Vanessa S.; Magnan, Michael ; Smyth, Carolyn E.; Olguin, Marcela ; Kurz, Werner A. 2018. A systems approach to assess climate change mitigation options in landscapes of the United States forest sector. Carbon Balance and Management
- Soriano-Luna, María ; Ángeles-Pérez, Gregorio ; Guevara, Mario ; Birdsey, Richard ; Pan, Yude ; Vaquera-Huerta, Humberto ; Valdez-Lazalde, José ; Johnson, Kristofer ; Vargas, Rodrigo. 2018. Determinants of Above-Ground Biomass and Its Spatial Variability in a Temperate Forest Managed for Timber Production. Forests
- Dugan, Alexa J.; Birdsey, Richard; Healey, Sean P.; Pan, Yude; Zhang, Fangmin; Mo, Gang; Chen, Jing; Woodall, Christopher W.; Hernandez, Alexander J.; McCullough, Kevin; McCarter, James B.; Raymond, Crystal L.; Dante-Wood, Karen. 2017. Forest sector carbon analyses support land management planning and projects: Assessing the influence of anthropogenic and natural factors. Climatic Change. 144: 207-220.
- Johnson, Kristofer D; Domke, Grant M; Russell, Matthew B; Walters, Brian; Hom, John; Peduzzi, Alicia; Birdsey, Richard; Dolan, Katelyn; Huang, Wenli. 2017. Estimating aboveground live understory vegetation carbon in the United States. Environmental Research Letters. 12(12): 125010. 11p.
- Vargas, Rodrigo ; Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo ; Birdsey, Richard ; Brunsell, Nathaniel A.; Cruz-Gaistardo, Carlos O.; de Jong, Bernardus ; Etchevers, Jorge ; Guevara, Mario ; Hayes, Daniel J.; Johnson, Kristofer ; Loescher, Henry W.; Paz, Fernando ; Ryu, Youngryel ; Sanchez-Mejia, Zulia ; Toledo-Gutierrez, Karla P. 2017. Enhancing interoperability to facilitate implementation of REDD+: case study of Mexico. Carbon Management
- Xu, Bing; Pan, Yude; Plante, Alain F.; McCullough, Kevin; Birdsey, Richard. 2017. Modeling forest carbon cycle using long-term carbon stock field measurement in the Delaware River Basin. Ecosphere
- Zhang, Fangmin; Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard A.; Chen, Jing M.; Dugan, Alexa. 2017. Seeking potential contributions to future carbon budget in conterminous US forests considering disturbances. Theoretical and Applied Climatology
- Zhu, Jianxiao; Hu, Huifeng; Tao, Shengli; Chi, Xiulian; Li, Peng; Jiang, Lai; Ji, Chengjun; Zhu, Jiangling; Tang, Zhiyao; Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard A.; He, Xinhua; Fang, Jingyun. 2017. Carbon stocks and changes of dead organic matter in China's forests. Nature Communications
- Kolka, Randy; Murdiyarso, D.; Kauffman, J. B.; Birdsey, Richard. 2016. Tropical wetlands, climate, and land-use change: adaptation and mitigation opportunities. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 24(2): 107-112.
- Xu, Bing; Pan, Yude; Plante, Alain F.; Johnson, Arthur; Cole, Jason; Birdsey, Richard. 2016. Decadal change of forest biomass carbon stocks and tree demography in the Delaware River Basin. Forest Ecology and Management. 374: 1-10.
- Anderegg, William R. L.; Ballantyne, Ashley P.; Smith, W. Kolby; Majkut, Joseph; Rabin, Sam; Beaulieu, Claudie; Birdsey, Richard; Dunne, John P.; Houghton, Richard A.; Myneni, Ranga B.; Pan, Yude; Sarmiento, Jorge L.; Serota, Nathan; Shevliakova, Elena; Tans, Pieter; Pacala, Stephen W. 2015. Tropical nighttime warming as a dominant driver of variability in the terrestrial carbon sink. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51): 15591-15596.
- Babcock, Chad; Finley, Andrew O.; Bradford, John B.; Kolka, Randy; Birdsey, Richard; Ryan, Michael G. 2015. LiDAR based prediction of forest biomass using hierarchical models with spatially varying coefficients. Remote Sensing of Environment. 169: 113-127.
- Birdsey, Richard; Pan, Yude. 2015. Trends in management of the world's forests and impacts on carbon stocks. Forest Ecology and Management. 355: 83-90.
- Birdsey, Richard; Pan, Yude; Zhang, Fangmin. 2015. The future of the U.S. forest carbon sink. In: Stanton, Sharon M.; Christensen, Glenn A., comps. 2015. Pushing boundaries: new directions in inventory techniques and applications: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2015. 2015 December 8-10; Portland, Oregon. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-931. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 140.
- Dai, Z.; Johnson, K.D.; Birdsey, R.A.; Hernandez-Stefanoni, J.L.; Dupuy, J.M. 2015. Assessing the effect of climate change on carbon sequestration in a Mexican dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula. Ecological Complexity. 24: 46-56.
- Dugan, Alexa J.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Healey, Sean P.; Woodall, Christopher; Zhang, Fangmin; Chen, Jing M.; Hernandez, Alexander; McCarter, James B. 2015. Utilizing Forest Inventory and Analysis Data, Remote Sensing, and Ecosystem Models for National Forest System Carbon Assessments. In: Stanton, Sharon M.; Christensen, Glenn A., comps. 2015. Pushing boundaries: new directions in inventory techniques and applications: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2015. 2015 December 8-10; Portland, Oregon. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-931. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 147-152.
- Johnson, Kristofer D.; Birdsey, Richard; Cole, Jason; Swatantran, Anu; O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath; Dubayah, Ralph; Lister, Andrew. 2015. Integrating LIDAR and forest inventories to fill the trees outside forests data gap. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187:623. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4839-1.
- Sample, Alan V; Birdsey, Richard ; Houghton, Richard A.; Swanston, Chris ; Hollinger, David ; Dockry, Mike ; Bettinger, Pete. 2015. Forest carbon conservation and management: integration with sustainable forest management for multiple resource values and ecosystem services. 2015 Pinchot Institute for Conservation. 23 p.
- Wayson, Craig A.; Johnson, Kris D.; Cole, Jason A.; Olguin, Marcela I.; Carrillo, Oswaldo I.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2015. Estimating uncertainty of allometric biomass equations with incomplete fit error information using a pseudo-data approach: methods. Annals of Forest Science. 72(6): 825-834.
- Zhang, Fangmin ; Chen, Jing M.; Pan, Yude ; Birdsey, Richard A.; Shen, Shuanghe ; Ju, Weimin ; Dugan, Alexa J. 2015. Impacts of inadequate historical disturbance data in the early twentieth century on modeling recent carbon dynamics (1951-2010) in conterminous U.S. forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
- Birdsey, Richard; Pan, Yude; Janowiak, Maria; Stewart, Susan; Hines, Sarah; Parker, Linda; Gower, Stith; Lichstein, Jeremy; McCullough, Kevin; Zhang, Fangmin; Chen, Jing; Mladenoff, David; Wayson, Craig; Swanston, Chris. 2014. Past and prospective carbon stocks in forests of northern Wisconsin: a report from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Response Framework. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-127. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 52 p.
- Dai, Zhaohua; Birdsey, Richard A.; Johnson, Kristofer D.; Dupuy, Juan Manuel; Hernandez-Stefanoni, Jose Luis; Richardson, Karen. 2014. Modeling carbon stocks in a secondary tropical dry forest in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 225(4):1-15.
- Hernández-Stefanoni, José ; Dupuy, Juan ; Johnson, Kristofer ; Birdsey, Richard ; Tun-Dzul, Fernando ; Peduzzi, Alicia ; Caamal-Sosa, Juan ; Sánchez-Santos, Gonzalo ; López-Merlín, David. 2014. Improving Species Diversity and Biomass Estimates of Tropical Dry Forests Using Airborne LiDAR. Remote Sensing
- Hoover, Coeli; Birdsey, Richard; Goines, Bruce; Lahm, Peter; Fan, Yongming; Nowak, David; Prisley, Stephen; Reinhardt, Elizabeth; Skog, Ken; Skole, David; Smith, James; Trettin, Carl; Woodall, Christopher. 2014. Chapter 6: quantifying greenhouse gas sources and sinks in managed forest systems. In: Eve, M.; Pape, D.; Flugge, M.; Steele, R.; Man, D.; Riley-Gilbert, M.; Biggar, S. Quantifying greenhouse gas fluxes in agriculture and forestry: Methods for entity-scale inventory. Tech. Bull. 1939. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Economist: 6-1-6.114.
- Johnson, Kristofer D.; Birdsey, Richard; O Finley, Andrew; Swantaran, Anu; Dubayah, Ralph; Wayson, Craig; Riemann, Rachel. 2014. Integrating forest inventory and analysis data into a LIDAR-based carbon monitoring system. Carbon Balance and Management. 9(3): 3.
- Skog, Kenneth E.; McKinley, Duncan C.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Hines, Sarah J.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Vose, James M. 2014. Chapter 7: Managing Carbon. In: Climate Change and United States Forests, Advances in Global Change Research 57 2014; pp. 151-182.
- Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Clark, Kenneth L.; Gallagher, Michael; Birdsey, Richard A.; Hom, John L. 2014. Airborne laser scanner-assisted estimation of aboveground biomass change in a temperate oak-pine forest. Remote Sensing of Environment. 151: 166-174.
- Zhang, Tao ; Lichstein, Jeremy W.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2014. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the dynamics of eastern U.S. forests: Implications for developing broad-scale forest dynamics models. Ecological Modelling
- Birdsey, Richard; Angeles-Perez, Gregorio; Kurz, Werner A; Lister, Andrew; Olguin, Marcela; Pan, Yude; Wayson, Craig; Wilson, Barry; Johnson, Kristofer. 2013. Approaches to monitoring changes in carbon stocks for REDD+. Carbon Management. 4(5): 519-537.
- Birdsey, Richard; Pan, Yude; Houghton, Richard. 2013. Sustainable landscapes in a world of change: tropical forests, land use and implementation of REDD+: Part I. Carbon Management
- Cole, Jason A.; Johnson, Kristopher D.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Pan, Yude; Wayson, Craig A.; McCullough, Kevin; Hoover, Coeli M.; Hollinger, David Y.; Bradford, John B.; Ryan, Michael G.; Kolka, Randall K.; Wieshampel, Peter; Clark, Kenneth L.; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Hom, John; Ollinger, Scott V.; McNulty, Steven G.; Gavazzi, Michael J. 2013. Database for landscape-scale carbon monitoring sites. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-119. Newtown square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 12 p.
- Deng, F.; Chen, J.M.; Pan, Y.; Peters, W.; Birdsey, R.; McCullough, K.; Xiao, J. 2013. The use of forest stand age information in an atmospheric CO2 inversion applied to North America. Biogeosciences. 10(8): 5335-5348.
- Dilling, Lisa; Birdsey, Richard; Pan, Yude. 2013. Opportunities and challenges for carbon management on U.S. public lands. Chapter 18. In: Brown, D.G.; Robinson, D.T.; French, N.H.F.; Reed, B.C., eds. Land use and the carbon cycle: advances in integrated science, management and policy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Press. 455-476.
- Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard A.; Phillips, Oliver L.; Jackson, Robert B. 2013. The structure, distribution, and biomass of the world's forests. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 44(1): 593-622.
- Brandt, Leslie; Swanston, Chris; Parker, Linda; Janowiak, Maria; Birdsey, Richard; Iverson, Louis; Mladenoff, David; Butler, Patricia. 2012. Climate change science applications and needs in forest ecosystem management: a workshop organized as part of the northern Wisconsin Climate Change Response Framework Project. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-GTR-95. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 53 p.
- Hayes, Daniel J.; Turner, David P.; Stinson, Graham; Mcguire, A. David; Wei, Yaxing; West, Tristram O.; Heath, Linda S.; Dejong, Bernardus; McConkey, Brian G.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Kurz, Werner A.; Jacobson, Andrew R.; Huntzinger, Deborah N.; Pan, Yude; Post, W. Mac; Cook, Robert B. 2012. Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data. Global Change Biology. 18: 1282-1299
- He, Liming; Chen, Jing M.; Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard; Kattge, Jens. 2012. Relationships between net primary productivity and forest stand age in U.S. forests. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 26(GB3009). doi:10.1029/2010GB003942.
- Millar, Constance I.; Skog, Kenneth E.; McKinley, Duncan C.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Swanston, Christopher W.; Hines, Sarah J.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D.; Peterson, David L.; Vose, James M. 2012. Adaptation and mitigation. In: Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L.; Patel-Weynand, Toral, eds. Effects of climatic variability and change on forest ecosystems: a comprehensive science synthesis for the U.S. forest sector. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-870. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 125-192. Chapter 4.
- Zhang, Fangmin; Chen, Jing M.; Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard A.; Shen, Shuanghe; Ju, Weimin; He, Liming. 2012. Attributing carbon changes in conterminous U.S. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
- Zhang, Fangmin; Chen, Jing M.; Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard A.; Shen, Shuanghe; Ju, Weimin; He, Liming. 2012. Attributing carbon changes in conterminous U.S. forests to disturbance and non-disturbance factors from 1901 to 2010. Journal of Geophysical Research. 1: G02021. 1-18.
- Birdsey, Richard; Pan, Yude. 2011. Ecology: Drought and dead trees. Nature Climate Change. 1: 444-445.
- He, Liming; Chen, Jing M.; Zhang, Shaoliang; Gomez, Gustavo; Pan, Yude; McCullough, Kevin; Birdsey, Richard; Masek, Jeffrey G. 2011. Normalized algorithm for mapping and dating forest disturbances and regrowth for the United States. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 13: 236-245.
- Masek, Jeffrey G.; Cohen, Warren B.; Leckie, Donald; Wulder, Michael A.; Vargas, Rodrigo; de Jong, Ben; Healey, Sean; Law, Beverly; Birdsey, Richard; Houghton, R. A.; Mildrexler, David; Goward, Samuel; Smith, W. Brad. 2011. Recent rates of forest harvest and conversion in North America. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116: G00K03. doi:10.1029/2010JG001471.
- McKinley, Duncan C.; Ryan, Michael G.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Giardina, Christian P.; Harmon, Mark E.; Heath, Linda S.; Houghton, Richard A.; Jackson, Robert B.; Morrison, James F.; Murray, Brian C.; Pataki, Diane E.; Skog, Kenneth E. 2011. A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States. Ecological Applications. 21(6): 1902-1924.
- Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard A.; Fang, Jingyun; Houghton, Richard; Kauppi, Pekka E.; Kurz, Werner A.; Phillips, Oliver L.; Shvidenko, Anatoly; Lewis, Simon L.; Canadell, Josep G.; Ciais, Philippe; Jackson, Robert B.; Pacala, Stephen W.; McGuire, A. David; Piao, Shilong; Rautiainen, Aapo; Sitch, Stephen; Hayes, Daniel. 2011. A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests. Science. 333: 988-993.
- Bradford, John B.; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott V.; Ryan, Michael G. 2010. Carbon pools and fluxes in small temperate forest landscapes: Variability and implications for sampling design. Forest Ecology and Management. 259: 1245-1254.
- Ryan, Michael G.; Harmon, Mark E.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Giardina, Christian P.; Heath, Linda S.; Houghton, Richard A.; Jackson, Robert B.; McKinley, Duncan C.; Morrison, James F.; Murray, Brian C.; Pataki, Diane E.; Skog, Kenneth E. 2010. Síntesis del estado del conocimiento del ciclo de carbono en ecosistemas boscosos de los Estados Unidos. Ecological Society of America: Issues In Ecology. 13: 1-16.
- Solomon, Allen; Birdsey, Richard A.; Joyce, Linda A. 2010. Forest Service Global Change Research Strategy, 2009-2019 Implementation Plan. FS-948. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 68 p.
- Birdsey, Richard; Bates, Nick; Behrenfeld, MIke; Davis, Kenneth; Doney, Scott C.; Feely, Richard; Hansell, Dennis; Heath, Linda; et al. 2009. Carbon cycle observations: gaps threaten climate mitigation policies. Eos. 90(34): 292-293.
- Bradford, John B.; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott V.; Ryan, Michael G. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 39: 802-813.
- Bradford, John; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott V.; Ryan, Michael G. 2009. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 39: 802-813.
- Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard; Hom, John; McCullough, Kevin. 2009. Separating effects of changes in atmospheric composition, climate and land-use on carbon sequestration of U.S. mid-Atlantic temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 259: 151-164.
- Post, Wilfred M.; Amonette, James E.; Birdsey, Richard; Garten, Charles T. Jr.; Izaurralde, R. Cesar; Jardine, Philip; Jastrow, Julie; Lal, Rattan; Marland, Gregg. 2009. Terrestrial biological carbon sequestration: science for enhancement and implementation. In: McPherson, Brian P.; Sundquist, Eric T.; eds. Carbon Sequestration and Its Role in the Global Carbon Cycle. Geophysical Monograph Series 183. American Geophysical Union. Devon, UK: 73-88.
- Solomon, Allen; Birdsey, Richard; Joyce, Linda A.; Hayes, Jennifer. 2009. Forest Service Global Change Research Strategy, 2009-2019. FS-917a. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 18 p.
- Bosworth, Dale; Birdsey, Richard; Joyce, Linda; Millar, Constance. 2008. Climate Change and the Nation's Forests: Challenges and Opportunities. Journal of Forestry 106(4):214-221
- Bradford, J.B.; Birdsey, R.A.; Joyce, L.A.; Ryan, M.G. 2008. Tree age, disturbance history, and carbon stocks and fluxes in subalpine Rocky Mountain forests. Global Change Biology. 14: 2882-2897.
- Bradford, John B.; Weishampel, Peter; Smith, Marie-Louise; Kolka, Randall; Hollinger, David Y.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Ollinger, Scott; Ryan, Michael. 2008. Landscape-scale carbon sampling strategy-lessons learned. Chapter 17. In: Hoover, Coeli M., ed. Field measurements for forest carbon monitoring: A landscape-scale approach. New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media: 227-238.
- Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Murdoch, Peter S.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Hom , John L. 2008. 4.0 Measuring and monitoring forest carbon stocks and fluxes. In: Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 32-40.
- Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2008. 9.0 Conclusions. In: Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 83.
- Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2008. 2.0 Introduction to the Delaware River Basin pilot study. In: Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 16-23.
- Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2008. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative: Foundation Document. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Executive summary, 15 p.; online foundation document, 93 p.
- Murdock, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2008. 1.0 Executive summary. In: Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 1-15.
- Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard; Chen, Jing; McCullough, kevin. 2008. Forest carbon changes of the United States in response to impacts of disturbances, succession, climate variability and atmospheric chemistry. In: Proceedings of the International Conference of IUFRO-8.01.02 Landscape Ecology: 136-137.
- Potter, Chris; Birdsey, Richard. 2008. Study site characterization. Chapter 2. In: Hoover, Coeli M., ed. Field measurements for forest carbon monitoring: A landscape-scale approach. New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media: 17-26.
- Ryan, M. G.; Archer, S. R.; Birdsey, R. A.; Dahm, C. N.; Heath, L. S.; Hicke, J. A.; Hollinger, D. Y.; Huxman, T. E.; Okin, G. S.; Oren, R.; Randerson, J. T.; Schlesinger, W. H. 2008. Land resources: Forest and arid lands [Chapter 3]. In: Backlund, Peter; Janetos, Anthony; Schimel, David. 2008. The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States. Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Science Program: 75-120.
- Ryan, M.G.; Archer, S.R.; Birdsey, R.A.; Dahm, C.N.; Heath, L.S.; Hicke, J.A.; Hollinger, D.Y.; Huxman, T.E.; Okin, G.S.; Oren, R.; Randerson, J.T.; Schlesinger, W.H. 2008. Land resources: forests and arid lands. In: Janetos, T.; Schimel, D., eds. The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity. SAP 4-3. U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Washington, DC, USA: 75-120.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Cook, Robert; Denning, Scott; Griffith, Peter; Law, Beverly; Masek, Jeffrey; Michalak, Anna; Ogle, Stephen; Ojima, Dennis; Pan, Yude; Sabine, Christopher; Sheffner, Edwin; Sundquist, Eric. 2007. Investigators share improved understanding of the North American carbon cycle. American Geophysical Union. 88(24): 255.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Johnston, Mark; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Amiro, Brian; de Jong, Ben; Etchevers Barra, Jorge D.; French, Nancy; Garcia-Oliva, Felipe; Harmon, Mark; Heath, Linda S.; Jaramillo, Victor J.; Johnsen, Kurt; Law, Beverly E.; Marin-Spiotta, Erika; Masera, Omar; Neilson, Ronald; Pan, Yude; Pregitzer, Kurt S. 2007. North American forests. In: King, A.W.; Dilling, L.; Zimmerman, G.P.; Fairman, D.M.; Houghton, R.A.; Marland, G.; Rose, A.Z.; Wilbanks, T.J., eds. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC: 117-126, 173-176.
- Pacala, Stephen; Birdsey, Richard A.; Bridgham, Scott D.; Conant, Richard T.; Davis, Kenneth; Hales, Burke; Houghton, Richard A.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Johnston, Mark; Marland, Gregg; Paustian, Keith; Caspersen, John; Socolow, Robert; Tol, Richard S. 2007. The North American carbon budget past and present. In: King, A.W.; Dilling, L.; Zimmerman, G.P.; Fairman, D.M.; Houghton, R.A.; Marland, G.; Rose, A.Z.; Wilbanks, T.J., eds. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC: 29-36, 167-170.
- Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard; Hom, John; McCullough, Kevin. 2007. Modeling complex effects of multiple environmental stresses on carbon dynamics of Mid-Atlantic temperate forests. In: Book of abstracts. The U.S. North American Carbon Program (NACP) Investigators, NACP All Scientists Meeting; 2007 January 22-24; Colorado Springs, CO. 58-59.
- Pearson, Timothy R.H.; Brown, Sandra L.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2007. Measurement guidelines for the sequestration of forest carbon. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-18. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 42 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A. 2006. Carbon accounting rules and guidelines for the United States Forest Sector. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:1518-1524
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Pregitzer, Kurt; Lucier, Alan. 2006. Forest carbon management in the United States: 1600-2100. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:1461-1469
- Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard; Hom, John; McCullough, Kevin; Clark, Kenneth. 2006. Improved estimates of net primary productivity from MODIS satellite data at regional and local scales. Ecological Applications.
- Smith, James E.; Heath, Linda S.; Skog, Kenneth E.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2006. Methods for calculating forest ecosystem and harvested carbon with standard estimates for forest types of the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-343. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 216 p.
- Alexeyev V.A.; Markov M.V.; Birdsey, R.A.; Birdsey R.A. 2004. Statistical data on forest fund of Russia and changing of forest productivity in the second half of XX century. St. Petersburg Forest Ecological Center. 272 p.
- Birdsey, Richard; Birdsey, Richard. 2004. Data gaps for monitoring forest carbon in the United States: an inventory perspective. Environmental Management Vol. 33, Supplement 1, pp. S1-S8.
- Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2004. Comprehensive database of diameter-based biomass regressions for North American tree species. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-319. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 45 p. [1 CD-ROM].
- Pan, Yude; Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; Mccullough, Kevin. 2004. Impacts of Rising Nitrogen Deposition on N Exports from Forests to Surface Waters in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Environmental Management. 33: S120-S131.
- Pan, Yude; Hom, John; Jenkins, Jennifer; Birdsey, Richard. 2004. Importance of Foliar Nitrogen Concentration to Predict Forest Productivity in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Forest Science. 50(3): 279-289.
- Pan, Yude; Luo, Tianxiang; Birdsey, Richard; Hom, John; Melillo, Jerry. 2004. New estimates of carbon storage and sequestration in China's forests: effects of age-class and methods on inventory-based carbon estimation. Climatic Change. 67: 211-236.
- Stolte, Kenneth; Murdoch, Peter; Jenkins, Jennifer; Birdsey, Richard; Evans, Richard. 2004. Multi-scale evaluation of watershed health in the Delaware River basin and CEMRI. In: Renard, Kenneth G.; McElroy, Stephen A.; Gburek, William J.; Canfield, H. Evan; Scott, Russell L., eds. First interagency conference on research in the watersheds; 2003 October 27-30; Benson, AZ. Tucson, AZ: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southwest Watershed Research Center: 235-241.
- Birdsey, R.; Hollinger, D.; Heath, L.; Hoover, C.; Kolka, R.; Smith, M. L.; Ryan, M. 2003. Pilot Studies for Enhanced Forest Land Measurement. North American Carbon Program, NACP_Intensive_WP_004. 9 p.
- Birdsey, R.A.; Lewis, G.M. 2003. Carbon in U.S. forests and wood products, 1987-1997: state-by-state estimates. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-310. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 42 p.
- Heath, Linda S.; Kimble, John M.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Lal, Rattan. 2003. The potential of U.S. forest soils to sequester carbon. In: Kimble, J.M.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Lal, R., eds. The potential of U.S. forest soils to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect. Boca Raton: CRC Press: 385-394.
- Heath, Linda S.; Smith, James E.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2003. Carbon trends in U.S. forestlands: a context for the role of soils in forest carbon sequestration. In: Kimble, J.M.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Lal, R., eds. The potential of U.S. forest soils to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect. Boca Raton: CRC Press: 35-45.
- Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Chojnacky, David C.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2003. National scale biomass estimators for United States tree species. Forest Science. 49: 12-35
- Williams, David W.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2003. Historical patterns of spruce budworm defoliation and bark beetle outbreaks in North American conifer forests: an atlas and description of digital maps. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-308. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 33 p.
- Goodale, Christine L.; Apps, Michael J.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Field , Christopher B.; Heath, Linda S.; Houghton, Richard A.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Kohlmaier, Gundolf H.; Kurz, Werner; Liu, Shirong; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Nilsson, Sten; Shvidenko, Anatoly Z. 2002. Forest carbon sinks in the Northern Hemisphere. Ecological Applications. 12(3): 891-899.
- Heath, L. S.; Birdsey, R. A.; Williams, D. W. 2002. Methodology for estimating soil carbon for the forest carbon budget model of the United States, 2001. Environmental Pollution. 116: 373-380.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Mickler, Robert A.; Hom, John; Heath, Linda S. 2000. Summary of prospective global change impacts on northern U.S. forest ecosystems. In: Mickler, Robert A.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Hom, John, eds. Responses of northern U.S. forests to environmental change. Ecological studies 139. New York: Springer-Verlag: 543-568.
- Birdsey, Richard; Alig, Ralph; Adams, Darius. 2000. Mitigation activities in the forest sector to reduce emissions and enhance sinks of greenhouse gases. In: Joyce, Linda A.; Birdsey, Richard, technical editors. 2000. The impact of climate change on America's forests: a technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-59. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 112-128
- Eav, Bov B.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Heath, Linda S. 2000. The Kyoto Protocol and forestry practices in the United States. In: Proceedings of the XXI IUFRO World Congress: Forests and society: the role of research, sub-plenary sessions, vol. 1. 2000 August 7-12; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Place of publication unknown]: [Publisher unknown]: 556-576.
- Hoover, Coeli M.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Heath, Linda S.; Stout, Susan L. 2000. How to estimate carbon sequestration on small forest tracts estimate carbon sequestration on small forest tracts. Journal of Forestry. September: 13-19.
- Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2000. Validation databases for simulation models: aboveground biomass and net primary productive, (NPP) estimation using eastwide FIA data. In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 515-524.
- Joyce, Linda A.; Birdsey, Richard. 2000. Overview: assessing the impacts of climate change on U.S. forests. In: Joyce, Linda A.; Birdsey, Richard, technical editors. 2000. The impact of climate change on America's forests: a technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-59. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 5-17
- Joyce, Linda A.; Birdsey, Richard. 2000. The impact of climate change on America's forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-59. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 133 p.
- Alexeyev, V.A.; Birdsey, R.A.; [Editors]. 1998. Carbon storage in forests and peatlands of Russia. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-244. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 137 p.
- Birdsey, Richard ; Mickler, Robert ; Sandberg, David ; Tinus, Richard ; Zerbe, John ; O'Brian, Kelly. 1997. USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-237. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 122 p.
- Birdsey, Richard; Mickler, Robert; Sandberg, David; Tinus, Richard; Zerbe, John; O'Brian, Kelly; [Editors]. 1997. USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995 : Effects of Global Change . Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-237. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 93-122 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Hom, John L.; Emery, Marla. 1996. The northern global change research program. In: Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; O'Brian, Kelly, eds. Proceedings 1995 meeting of the northern global change program; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-214. Radnor, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 1-6.
- Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Row, Clark; Plantinga, Andrew J. 1996. Carbon pools and flux in U.S. forest products. In: Apps, M.J.; Price, D.T., eds. Forest ecosystems, forest management, and the global carbon cycle. NATO ASI Series I: global environmental changes, volume 40. [Place of publication unknown]: Springer Verlag: 271-278.
- Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; O'Brian, Kelly; eds. 1996. Proceedings, 1995 meeting of the Northern Global Change Program; 1995 March 14-16; Pittsburgh, PA. : Introduction/Environmental Change . Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-214. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 238 p.
- Birdsey, R.A.; Heath, L.S. 1995. 4. Carbon Changes in U.S. Forests. In: Joyce, L.A., ed. Productivity of America's Forests and Climate Change. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-271. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest Experiment Station: 56-70.
- Birdsey, Richard A. 1992. Carbon storage and accumulation in United States forest ecosystems. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-59. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office. 51p.
- Weaver, P. L.; Birdsey, R. A. 1990. Growth of Secondary Forest in Puerto Rico Between 1980 and 1985.. Turrialba. 1990; 40(1):12-22.
- Weaver, P.L.; Birdsey, R.A. 1990. Growth of Secondary Forest in Puerto Rico Between 1980 and 1985. Turrialba Vol. 40, No. 1, 1990, pp. 12-22
- Birdsey, Richard A.; May, Dennis M. 1988. Timber resources of East Oklahoma. Resour. Bull. SO-135. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 34 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Bertelson, Daniel F. 1987. Forest statistics for Southeast Oklahoma counties - 1986. Resour. Bull. SO-119. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 30 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Bertelson, Daniel F. 1987. Forest statistics for Northeast Oklahoma counties - 1986. Resour. Bull. SO-120. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 35 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Weaver, Peter L. 1987. Forest Area Trends in Puerto Rico. Res. Note SO-331. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 5 p.
- Alig, Ralph J.; Knight, Herbert A.; Birdsey, Richard A. 1986. Recent Area Changes in Southern Forest Ownerships and Cover Types. Res. Pap. SE-260. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; McWilliams, William H. 1986. Midsouth forest area trends. Resour. Bull. SO-107. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 17 p.
- McWilliams, William H.; Birdsey, Richard A. 1986. Midsouth timber statistics. Resour. Bull. SO-108. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 44 p.
- Rudis, Victor A.; Birdsey, Richard A. 1986. Forest resource trends and current conditions in the lower Mississippi Valley. Resour. Bull. SO-116. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 14 p.
- Birdsey, R.A.; Jiménez, D. 1985. The Forests of Toro Negro. Res. Pap. SO-222. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 29 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Miller, W. Frank; Clark, Jon; Smith, Robert H. 1984. Forest area estimates from landsat MSS And forest inventory plot data. Res. Pap. SO-211. New Orleans, LA; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station; 1985.10 p.
- Anderson, Robert L.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Barry, Patrick J. 1982. Incidence of damage and cull in Puerto Rico's timber resource, 1980. Resour. Bull. SO-88. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 16 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Weaver, Peter L. 1982. The forest resources of Puerto Rico. Resour. Bull. SO-85. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 65 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A.; van Hees, Willem W.S.; Beltz, Roy C. 1981. Pine Regenerationin Southwest Arkansas. Res. Pap. SO-165. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 10 p.
- Birdsey, Richard A. 1979. Tennessee forest resources. Resour. Bull. SO-90. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 42 p.
Research Datasets
- Birdsey, Richard A.; Dugan, Alexa J.; Healey, Sean P.; Dante-Wood, Karen; Zhang, Fangmin; Mo, Gang; Chen, Jing M.; Hernandez, Alexander J.; Raymond, Crystal L.; McCarter, James. 2019. Forest-level appendices to the assessment of the influence of disturbance, management activities, and environmental factors on carbon stocks of U.S. National Forests. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-402-s1.
- Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard; McCullough, Kevin; Bernier, Pierre Y.; Beaudoin, Andrè; Villemaire, Philippe; Guindon, Luc. 2015. Forest stand age map of Canada (2011) and the United States (2006 & 2011). Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0043.
- Pan, Yude; Chen, Jing; Birdsey, Richard; McCullough, Kevin; He, Liming; Deng, Feng. 2014. Forest stand age map of Canada (2004) and the United States (2006). Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2014-0025.
National Research Highlights
Assessment of North American Forest Carbon Dynamics: Tools for Monitoring, Reporting, and Projecting
Year: 2015
Forest Service scientists and cooperators assessed past and prospective carbon stocks for representative study sites in Canada, the United States, and Mexico and analyzed the effects of natural disturbance, climate change, and management. The results of their research informs climate change mitigation policies in the three countries using consistent methods and highlights some of the more promising opportunities for public and private land managers to participate in programs that reduce emissions or increase carbon stocks in forests.
Past and Prospective Carbon Stocks Assessed in Forests of Northern Wisconsin
Year: 2014
Forest Service scientists and cooperators assessed past and prospective carbon stocks for 4.5 million hectares (about 11 million acres) of forest land in northern Wisconsin and analyzed the effects of disturbance and management. Over the last decade, carbon stocks of northern Wisconsin forests have been increasing and they found that there is potential to increase stocking on the land by allowing more of the forested area to reach older age classes or by increasing growth rates through improving forest management.
How to Build a Better Map of Tree Biomass
Year: 2014
A logical way to validate biomass maps derived from remotely sensed data is to validate them with independent ground inventory estimates, but integration of the two systems is not without challenges. Forest Service scientists compared maps derived from Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) to Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) estimates in the fragmented forests of Maryland, leading to recommendations about how to improve their agreement.
Global Forests Sequester One-third of Annual Fossil Fuel Emissions, Much More Than Previously Thought
Year: 2011
Forested land plays a much larger role in removing carbon from the atmosphere than was previously thought, according to Forest Service scientists working with an international team of scientists. One of the key findings in the study is that global forests have annually removed 2.4 billion tons of carbon (8.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere, about one-third of annual fossil fuel emissions for the period of 1990-2007.