An urban forest-inventory-and-analysis investigation in Oregon and Washington

Jacob L. Strunk; John Mills; Paul Ries; Hailemariam Temesgen; Lacey Jeroue

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2016.04.006

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An urban forest-inventory-and-analysis investigation in Oregon and Washington

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Authors:

Jacob L. Strunk, John Mills, Paul Ries, Hailemariam Temesgen, Lacey Jeroue

Year:

2016

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2016.04.006

Source:

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 18: 100-109.

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program recently inventoried trees on 257 sample plots in the urbanized areas of Oregon and Washington. Plots were located on the standard grid (≈1 plot/2428 ha) and installed with the 4-subplot footprint (≈.067 ha with 4 circular subplots). Using these data, we examined: 1) use of the land use classification data from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) for post-stratification; 2) the resolution of the inventory data to make inferences about subdomains (specifically sub-regions) and subgroups (species and diameter classes); and 3) the i-Tree Eco software as a tool for data compilation, estimation, and reporting.

Keywords

Forest inventory, iTree eco, Landsat, Post-stratification, Urban FIA

Citation

Strunk, Jacob L.; Mills, John R.; Ries, Paul; Temesgen, Hailemariam; Jeroue, Lacey. 2016. An urban forest-inventory-and-analysis investigation in Oregon and Washington. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 18: 100-109.