Landscape Fragmentation Edge Effect on Forest Biomass and Productivity
- HF-ID: HF2019-24
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Thompson, J.R., Hutyra, L.
- Date: September 15, 2019 to September 15, 2022
- Location: Northeastern United States
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Grant Proposal to NASA, NOI number N8-CMS18-0022. Nickname: Carbon Monitoring. 1 File Folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: landscape, ecosystems, forests
- Abstract:
- Fragmented landscapes occupy a rapidly increasing portion of global land area, yet the impact of fragmentation on forest carbon pools and fluxes has only recently begun to receive attention. Forest fragmentation produces microenvironmental gradients near forest edges, commonly referred to as edge effects, that include increased exposure to solar radiation, warmer temperatures, and drier conditions. Within the temperate forest region, the most fragmented forest biome, our previous work finds edge effects enhance carbon uptake and storage with aboveground forest productivity and biomass reported to increase 89% and 64%, respectively, within 20 m of forest edges. These types of changes in plant structure, productivity, and stress-level should be observable form space.
- Through this CMS project we propose to fuse plot-level data from the US Forest Inventory & Analysis with (1) LiDAR data from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation, (2) thermal data from the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station, and (3) land cover history from Landsat. Through an existing memorandum of understanding with US Forest Service, we have access to the precise coordinate information for the FIA.
- The proposal is a new prototype CMS system that will improve existing and new biomass data products to reflect landscape fragmentation edge effects, achieving a higher level of precision and accuracy required by current carbon trading activities.... We have a long history of collaboration with national-to-local policy-makers and conservation practitioners who are concerned about the effects of forest fragmentation and are prioritizing land for inclusion and protection in conservation programs.
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