<i>allodb</i> : An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots
Erika Gonzalez‐Akre, Camille Piponiot, Mauro Lepore, Valentine Herrmann, James A. Lutz, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Christopher W. Dick, Gregory S. Gilbert, Fangliang He, Michael Heym, Alejandra I. Huerta, Patrick A. Jansen, Daniel J. Johnson, Nikolai Knapp, Kamil Král, Dunmei Lin, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean M. McMahon, Jonathan A. Myers, David A. Orwig, Diego I. Rodríguez-Hernández, Sabrina E. Russo, Jessica Shue, Xugao Wang, Amy Wolf, Tao Yang, Stuart J. Davies, Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira
Abstract
Allometric equations for calculation of tree above-ground biomass (AGB) form the basis for estimates of forest carbon storage and exchange with the atmosphere. While standard models exist to calculate forest biomass across the tropics, we lack a standardized tool for computing AGB across boreal and temperate regions that comprise the global extratropics. Here we present an integrated R package, allodb, containing systematically selected published allometric equations and proposed functions to compute AGB. The data component of the package is based on 701 woody species identified at 24 large Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) forest dynamics plots representing a wide diversity of extratropical forests. A total of 570 parsed allometric equations to estimate individual tree biomass were retrieved, checked and combined using a weighting function designed to ensure optimal equation selection over the full tree size range with smooth transitions across equations. The equation dataset can be customized with built-in functions that subset the original dataset and add new equations. Although equations were curated based on a limited set of forest communities and number of species, this resource is appropriate for large portions of the global extratropics and can easily be expanded to cover novel forest types.- Cite:
- Erika Gonzalez‐Akre, Camille Piponiot, Mauro Lepore, Valentine Herrmann, James A. Lutz, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Christopher W. Dick, Gregory S. Gilbert, Fangliang He, Michael Heym, Alejandra I. Huerta, Patrick A. Jansen, Daniel J. Johnson, Nikolai Knapp, Kamil Král, Dunmei Lin, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean M. McMahon, Jonathan A. Myers, et al.. 2021. allodb : An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 2, 13(2):330–338.
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@article{Gonzalez‐Akre-2021-<i>allodb</i>,
title = "{\textless}i{\textgreater}allodb{\textless}/i{\textgreater} : An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots",
author = "Gonzalez‐Akre, Erika and
Piponiot, Camille and
Lepore, Mauro and
Herrmann, Valentine and
Lutz, James A. and
Baltzer, Jennifer L. and
Dick, Christopher W. and
Gilbert, Gregory S. and
He, Fangliang and
Heym, Michael and
Huerta, Alejandra I. and
Jansen, Patrick A. and
Johnson, Daniel J. and
Knapp, Nikolai and
Kr{\'a}l, Kamil and
Lin, Dunmei and
Malhi, Yadvinder and
McMahon, Sean M. and
Myers, Jonathan A. and
Orwig, David A. and
Rodr{\'\i}guez-Hern{\'a}ndez, Diego I. and
Russo, Sabrina E. and
Shue, Jessica and
Wang, Xugao and
Wolf, Amy and
Yang, Tao and
Davies, Stuart J. and
Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J.",
journal = "Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 2",
volume = "13",
number = "2",
year = "2021",
publisher = "Wiley",
url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-3001",
doi = "10.1111/2041-210x.13756",
pages = "330--338",
abstract = "Allometric equations for calculation of tree above-ground biomass (AGB) form the basis for estimates of forest carbon storage and exchange with the atmosphere. While standard models exist to calculate forest biomass across the tropics, we lack a standardized tool for computing AGB across boreal and temperate regions that comprise the global extratropics. Here we present an integrated R package, allodb, containing systematically selected published allometric equations and proposed functions to compute AGB. The data component of the package is based on 701 woody species identified at 24 large Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) forest dynamics plots representing a wide diversity of extratropical forests. A total of 570 parsed allometric equations to estimate individual tree biomass were retrieved, checked and combined using a weighting function designed to ensure optimal equation selection over the full tree size range with smooth transitions across equations. The equation dataset can be customized with built-in functions that subset the original dataset and add new equations. Although equations were curated based on a limited set of forest communities and number of species, this resource is appropriate for large portions of the global extratropics and can easily be expanded to cover novel forest types.",
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%0 Journal Article %T \textlessi\textgreaterallodb\textless/i\textgreater : An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots %A Gonzalez‐Akre, Erika %A Piponiot, Camille %A Lepore, Mauro %A Herrmann, Valentine %A Lutz, James A. %A Baltzer, Jennifer L. %A Dick, Christopher W. %A Gilbert, Gregory S. %A He, Fangliang %A Heym, Michael %A Huerta, Alejandra I. %A Jansen, Patrick A. %A Johnson, Daniel J. %A Knapp, Nikolai %A Král, Kamil %A Lin, Dunmei %A Malhi, Yadvinder %A McMahon, Sean M. %A Myers, Jonathan A. %A Orwig, David A. %A Rodríguez-Hernández, Diego I. %A Russo, Sabrina E. %A Shue, Jessica %A Wang, Xugao %A Wolf, Amy %A Yang, Tao %A Davies, Stuart J. %A Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J. %J Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 2 %D 2021 %V 13 %N 2 %I Wiley %F Gonzalez‐Akre-2021-<i>allodb</i> %X Allometric equations for calculation of tree above-ground biomass (AGB) form the basis for estimates of forest carbon storage and exchange with the atmosphere. While standard models exist to calculate forest biomass across the tropics, we lack a standardized tool for computing AGB across boreal and temperate regions that comprise the global extratropics. Here we present an integrated R package, allodb, containing systematically selected published allometric equations and proposed functions to compute AGB. The data component of the package is based on 701 woody species identified at 24 large Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) forest dynamics plots representing a wide diversity of extratropical forests. A total of 570 parsed allometric equations to estimate individual tree biomass were retrieved, checked and combined using a weighting function designed to ensure optimal equation selection over the full tree size range with smooth transitions across equations. The equation dataset can be customized with built-in functions that subset the original dataset and add new equations. Although equations were curated based on a limited set of forest communities and number of species, this resource is appropriate for large portions of the global extratropics and can easily be expanded to cover novel forest types. %R 10.1111/2041-210x.13756 %U https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-3001 %U https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13756 %P 330-338
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[<i>allodb</i> : An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G21-3001) (Gonzalez‐Akre et al., GWF 2021)
- allodb : An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots (Gonzalez‐Akre et al., GWF 2021)
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- Erika Gonzalez‐Akre, Camille Piponiot, Mauro Lepore, Valentine Herrmann, James A. Lutz, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Christopher W. Dick, Gregory S. Gilbert, Fangliang He, Michael Heym, Alejandra I. Huerta, Patrick A. Jansen, Daniel J. Johnson, Nikolai Knapp, Kamil Král, Dunmei Lin, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean M. McMahon, Jonathan A. Myers, et al.. 2021. allodb : An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 2, 13(2):330–338.