Seeing the forest AND the trees: TreeMap provides a tree-level forest model

Karin Riley

Treesearch

Seeing the forest AND the trees: TreeMap provides a tree-level forest model

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Karin Riley

Year:

2021

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), August 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

TreeMap is a new tree-level model of U.S. forests developed to support analysis of wildfire risk to carbon. It has a range of other management applications, from inventorying wildlife habitat to modeling the impacts of fuel treatments.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, TreeMap, forest model, wildfire, carbon, management

Citation

Riley, Karin. 2021. Seeing the forest AND the trees: TreeMap provides a tree-level forest model. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), August 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.