Harmonisation of National Forest Inventories in Europe: Techniques for Common Reporting
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  • Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, Th., Lawrence, M. & McRoberts, R.E. (eds.) 2010. National Forest Inventories - Pathways for common reporting. Springer, 612 p. ISBN 978-90-481-3232-4

    Chapters 1-4 of the book:

    Tomppo, E., Schadauer, K., McRoberts, R.E., Gschwantner, Th., Gabler, K. & Ståhl, G. 2010. Introduction. In: Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, Th., Lawrence, M. & McRoberts, R.E. (eds.). National Forest Inventories - Pathways for common reporting. Springer, p. 1-18. ISBN 978-90-481-3232-4

    Lawrence, M., McRoberts, R.E., Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, Th. & Gabler, K. 2010. Comparisons of National Forest Inventories. In: Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, Th., Lawrence, M. & McRoberts, R.E. (eds.). National Forest Inventories - Pathways for common reporting. Springer, p. 19-32. ISBN 978-90-481-3232-4

    McRoberts, R.E., Ståhl, G., Vidal, C., Lawrence, M., Tomppo, E., Schadauer, K., Chirici, G. & Bastrup-Birk, A. 2010. National Forest Inventories: Prospects for harmonised international reporting. In: Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, Th., Lawrence, M. & McRoberts, R.E. (toim.). National Forest Inventories - Pathways for common reporting. Springer, s. 33-43. ISBN 978-90-481-3232-4

    Tomppo, E., Gabler, K., Schadauer, K., Gschwantner, Th., Lanz, A., Ståhl, G., McRoberts, R.E., Chirici, G., Cienciala, E. & Winter, S. 2010. Summary of accomplishments. In: Tomppo, E., Gschwantner, Th., Lawrence, M. & McRoberts, R.E. (eds.). National Forest Inventories - Pathways for common reporting. Springer, p. 45-54. ISBN 978-90-481-3232-4

    Includes also 37 Country Reports describing inventories in different countries and a report about FAO NFMA (National Forest Monitoring and Assessment).

  • Chirici, G., Winter, S. & McRoberts, R.E. (eds.) 2011. National Forest Inventories: Contributions to Forest Biodiversity Assessments, 206 p. ISBN 978-94-007-0481-7

Peer-Reviewed Articles

WG1

Gabler, K. & Schadauer, K. 2007. Some Approaches and Designs of Sample-based National Forest Inventories. Austrian Journal of Forest Science, 124(2): 105-133.

Gschwantner, T., Schadauer, K., Vidal, C., Lanz, A., Tomppo, E., di Cosmo, L., Robert, N., Englert Duursma, D. & Lawrence, M. 2009. Common tree definitions for National Forest Inventories in Europe. Silva Fennica 43(2): 303-321.

Vidal, C., Lanz, A., Tomppo, E., Schadauer, K., Gschwantner, T., di Cosmo, L. & Robert, N. 2008. Establishing forest inventory reference definitions for forest and growing stock: a study towards common reporting. Silva Fennica 42(2): 247-266.

McRoberts, R., Tomppo, E., Schadauer, K., Vidal, C., Ståhl, G., Chirici, G., Lanz, A., Cienciala, E., Winter, S. & Smith, W.B., 2009. Harmonizing National Forest Inventories. Journal of Forestry 107(4): 179-187.

WG2

Cienciala, E., Tomppo, E., Snorrason, A., Broadmeadow, M., Colin, A., Dunger, K., Exnerova, Z., Lasserre, B., Petersson, H., Priwitzer, T., Sanchez, G. & Ståhl, G. 2008. Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries. Silva Fennica 42(1): 73-88.

Tomppo, E., Olsson, H., Ståhl, G., Nilsson, M., Hagner, O. & Katila, M., 2008. Combining national forest inventory field plots and remote sensing data for forest databases. Remote Sensing of Environment 112(5): 1982-1999.

WG3

McRoberts, R., Winter, S., Chirichi, G., Hauk, E., Pelz, D. Moser, K, & Hatfield, M. Large-scale spatial patterns of forest structural diversity. Can. J. For. Res. 38(3): 429-438.

Winter, S., Chirici, G., McRoberts, R.E., Hauk, E. & Tomppo, E. 2008. Possibilities for harmonizing national forest inventory data for use in forest biodiversity assessments. Forestry 81(1): 33-44.