Dead wood inventory and assessment in South Korea

Jong-Su Yim; Rae Hyun Kim; Sun-Jeong Lee; Yeongmo Son

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Dead wood inventory and assessment in South Korea

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Authors:

Jong-Su Yim, Rae Hyun Kim, Sun-Jeong Lee, Yeongmo Son

Year:

2015

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

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: 134-138.

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Abstract

Dead wood (DW) plays a critical role not only in maintaining biodiversity but also in stocking carbon under UNFCCC. From the 5^th national forest inventory (NFI5; 2006-2010) in South Korea, field data relevant to the DW including standing and downed dead trees by four decay class, etc. were collected. Based on the NFI5 data, the average volume of DW over the country is estimated to be 12.3m³/ha of which the total carbon stock accounts for 10.9 Tg C. Recently, NFI6 (2011-2015) has been implemented into monitoring and assessing forest resources including DW over time. We are to analyze relationship between DW and stand structure for sustainable forest management.

Parent Publication

Pushing boundaries: new directions in inventory techniques and applications: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2015

Citation

Yim, Jong-Su; Kim, Rae Hyun; Lee, Sun-Jeong; Son, Yeongmo. 2015. Dead wood inventory and assessment in South Korea. 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: 134-138.