Background Natural forests cover approximately 29% of New Zealand's landmass and
represent a large terrestrial carbon pool. In 2002 New Zealand implemented its first …

Geospatially assessing carbon storage is an emerging field inland science and landscape
ecology, particularly in the context of the provision of ecosystem services such as global …

There is currently considerable interest across New Zealand's sheep and beef sector in
gathering the necessary information to help assess its roles and responsibilities regarding …

Deadwood represents a significant carbon pool and unique biodiversity reservoir in forests
and savannas but has been largely overlooked until recently. Storage and release of carbon …

Dead wood (DW) is an important forest carbon (C) pool for which the reporting of C stock
changes within the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (NIR) is mandatory. The use …

Coarse woody debris (CWD) is a meaningful contributor to forest carbon cycles, wildlife
habitat, and biodiversity and can influence wildfire behavior. Using airborne laser scanning …

Background It is necessary to determine the implications for managing forest stands using
variable retention harvesting for maintaining carbon and for calculating the effects of …

Due to global change, temperate forests are expected to face growing threats to forest health
(eg insects/disease) and increasing probabilities of severe disturbances (eg wildfires), which …

Forests play a key role in the regional or global carbon cycle. Determining the forest carbon
budget is of great significance for estimating regional carbon budgets and formulating forest …

Here we present a framework for identifying areas with high dead wood potential (DWP) for
conservation planning needs. The amount and quality of dead wood and dying trees are …