The multi-objective Spanish National Forest Inventory

  1. Alberdi, Iciar
  2. Vallejo, Roberto
  3. Álvarez-González, Juan G.
  4. Condés, Sonia
  5. González-Ferreiro, Eduardo
  6. Guerrero, Silvia
  7. Hernández, Laura
  8. Martínez-Jauregui, Maria
  9. Montes, Fernando
  10. Oliveira, Nerea
  11. Pasalodos-Tato, Maria
  12. Robla, Elena
  13. Ruiz-González, Ana D.
  14. Sánchez-González, Mariola
  15. Sandoval, Vicente
  16. San Miguel, Alfonso
  17. Sixto, Hortensia
  18. Cañellas, Isabel
Journal:
Forest systems

ISSN: 2171-5068

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 26

Issue: 2

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5424/FS/2017262-10577 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Aim of study: To present the evolution of the current multi-objective Spanish National Forest Inventory (SNFI) through the assessment of different key indicators on challenging areas of the forestry sector.Area of study: Using information from the Second, Third and Fourth SNFI, this work provides case studies in Navarra, La Rioja, Galicia and Balearic Island regions and at national Spanish scale.Material and methods: These case studies present an estimation of reference values for dead wood by forest types, diameter-age modeling for Populus alba and Populus nigra  in riparian forest, the invasiveness of alien species and the invasibility of forest types, herbivore preferences and effects on trees and shrub species, the methodology for estimating cork production , and the combination of SNFI4 information and Airborne Laser Scanning datasets with the aim of updating forest-fire behavior assessment information with a high degree of accuracy.Main results: The results show the suitability and feasibility of the proposed methodologies to estimate the indicators using SNFI data with the exception of the estimation of cork production. In this case, additional field variables were suggested in order to obtain robust estimates.Research highlights: By broadening the variables recorded, the SNFI has become an even more important source of forest information for the development of support tools for decision-making and assessment in diverse strategic fields such as those analyzed in this study.

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Aim of study: To present the evolution of the current multi-objective Spanish National Forest Inventory (SNFI) through the assessment of different key indicators on challenging areas of the forestry sector. Area of study: Using information from the Second, Third and Fourth SNFI, this work provides case studies in Navarra, La Rioja, Galicia and Balearic Island regions and at national Spanish scale. Material and Methods: These case studies present an estimation of reference values for dead wood by forest types, diameter-age modeling for Populus alba and Populus nigra in riparian forest, the invasiveness of alien species and the invasibility of forest types, herbivore preferences and effects on trees and shrub species, the methodology for estimating cork production , and the combination of SNFI4 information and Airborne Laser Scanning datasets with the aim of updating forest-fire behavior assessment information with a high degree of accuracy. Main results: The results show the suitability and feasibility of the proposed methodologies to estimate the indicators using SNFI data with the exception of the estimation of cork production. In this case, additional field variables were suggested in order to obtain robust estimates. Research highlights: By broadening the variables recorded, the SNFI has become an even more important source of forest information for the development of support tools for decision-making and assessment in diverse strategic fields such as those analyzed in this study. Additional keywords: invasive species; forest modelling; dead wood; browsing impact; fire hazard; cork production Abbreviations used: AIC (Akaike´s information criterion); ALS (airbone laser scanning); CBD (canopy bulk density); CBH (canopy base height), CFL (canopy fuel load); DWV (dead wood volume); NFI (National Forest Inventory); SNFI (Spanish National Forest Inventory) Authors´ contributions Conception: IA, RV and IC. Analysis: IA, JGAG, SC, EGF, SG, LH, MMJ, FM, NO, MPT, ADRG, ER, MSG, VS, ASM, HS. Drafting of the manuscript: all authors. Supervising and coordinating the work: IA and IC. Citation: Alberdi, I.; Vallejo, R.; Álvarez-González, J. G.; Condés, S.; González-Ferreiro, E.; Guerrero, S.; Hernández, L.; Martínez-Jauregui, M.; Montes, F.; Oliveira, N.; Pasalodos-Tato, M.; Robla, E.; Ruiz-González, A. D.; Sánchez-González, M.; Sandoval, V.; San Miguel, A.; Sixto, H.; Cañellas, I. (2017). The multi-objective Spanish National Forest Inventory. Forest Systems, Volume 26, Issue 2, e04S. https://doi.org/10.5424/fs/2017262-10577 Received: 06 Oct 2016. Accepted: 31 Jul 2017 Copyright © 2017 INIA. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-by) Spain 3.0 License. Funding: European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (DIABOLO Project, Grant 633464), MAGRAMA (Contract EG12-0073), INIA (RTA 2014-00011-C06-04) and GEPRIF (RTA 2014-00011-C06-04). Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Correspondence: should be addressed to Iciar Alberdi: Alberdi.iciar@inia.es; alberdi.asensio.iciar@gmail.com

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