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Information on tree biomass and carbon (C) stock has become more relevant in the context of renewable energy production and reporting obligations, such as the Global Forest Resources Assessment of the FAO or the Greenhouse Gas Inventories under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. Biomass and C stock cannot be measured easily in the field, and they are typically derived from existing estimates of volume or relationships to measured attributes such as tree diameter. In the Swiss NFI (NFI), whole tree biomass and its respective C content are derived separately for each individual tree element, including the aboveground elements stemwood, foliage, and large and small branches, and belowground coarse roots, based on volume estimates of stemwood and branchwood, and on foliage and root biomass correlations with tree diameter. Biomass and C stock are estimated at the individual tree level, thereby ensuring accuracy and consistency of the estimates.
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Didion, M., Herold, A., Thürig, E. (2019). Whole Tree Biomass and Carbon Stock. In: Fischer, C., Traub, B. (eds) Swiss National Forest Inventory – Methods and Models of the Fourth Assessment. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 35. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19293-8_14
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