Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species
This paper presents a scaling approach for estimating sapwood area at the stand level using knowledge obtained for individual trees of five boreal species: <i>Populus tremuloides</i> (Michx.), <i>Pinus contorta</i> (Doug. ex Loud. var. <i>latifolia</i> Engelm.), &...
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doaj-8a1b0ddef9b5445c9a6bd3aa1301a94d2020-11-24T21:26:28ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072019-09-01101082910.3390/f10100829f10100829Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal speciesM. Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón0Caterina Valeo1Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, CanadaMechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, CanadaThis paper presents a scaling approach for estimating sapwood area at the stand level using knowledge obtained for individual trees of five boreal species: <i>Populus tremuloides</i> (Michx.), <i>Pinus contorta</i> (Doug. ex Loud. var. <i>latifolia</i> Engelm.), <i>Pinus banksiana</i> (Lamb.), <i>Picea mariana</i> (Mill.) BSP, and <i>Picea glauca</i> (Moench) Voss. Previously developed allometric models for sapwood depth and diameter at breast height for individual tree species were used to build stand level sapwood area estimates as well as stand level leaf area estimates, in pure and mixed vascular vegetation stands. A stand’s vegetation heterogeneity is considered in the scaling approach by proposing regression models for each species. The new combined scaling approach drew strong linear correlations at the stand scale between sapwood area and leaf area using observations taken in mixed stands of Southern Alberta, Canada. This last outcome suggests a good linear relationship between stand sapwood area and stand leaf area. The accuracy of the results was tested by observing each regression model’s adequacy and by estimating the error propagated through the whole scaling process.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/10/829sapwood arealeaf areaboreal forestscaling approachesallometric correlationserror propagation<i>Populus tremuloides</i><i>Pinus banksiana</i><i>Pinus contorta</i><i>Picea mariana</i><i>Picea glauca</i> |
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M. Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón Caterina Valeo Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species Forests sapwood area leaf area boreal forest scaling approaches allometric correlations error propagation <i>Populus tremuloides</i> <i>Pinus banksiana</i> <i>Pinus contorta</i> <i>Picea mariana</i> <i>Picea glauca</i> |
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Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species |
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Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species |
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Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species |
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Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species |
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Scaling Approach for Estimating Stand Sapwood Area from Leaf Area Index in Five Boreal species |
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scaling approach for estimating stand sapwood area from leaf area index in five boreal species |
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This paper presents a scaling approach for estimating sapwood area at the stand level using knowledge obtained for individual trees of five boreal species: <i>Populus tremuloides</i> (Michx.), <i>Pinus contorta</i> (Doug. ex Loud. var. <i>latifolia</i> Engelm.), <i>Pinus banksiana</i> (Lamb.), <i>Picea mariana</i> (Mill.) BSP, and <i>Picea glauca</i> (Moench) Voss. Previously developed allometric models for sapwood depth and diameter at breast height for individual tree species were used to build stand level sapwood area estimates as well as stand level leaf area estimates, in pure and mixed vascular vegetation stands. A stand’s vegetation heterogeneity is considered in the scaling approach by proposing regression models for each species. The new combined scaling approach drew strong linear correlations at the stand scale between sapwood area and leaf area using observations taken in mixed stands of Southern Alberta, Canada. This last outcome suggests a good linear relationship between stand sapwood area and stand leaf area. The accuracy of the results was tested by observing each regression model’s adequacy and by estimating the error propagated through the whole scaling process. |
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sapwood area leaf area boreal forest scaling approaches allometric correlations error propagation <i>Populus tremuloides</i> <i>Pinus banksiana</i> <i>Pinus contorta</i> <i>Picea mariana</i> <i>Picea glauca</i> |
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