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Table 1 Description of the study regions and ecoregions (area within study regions only)

From: Multiscale divergence between Landsat- and lidar-based biomass mapping is related to regional variation in canopy cover and composition

Study region

Ecoregions

Lidar year

Forest area within ecoregion

Mean GNN biomass (Mg ha−1)

Mean lidar biomass (Mg ha−1)

(km2)

(%)

Coos Bay

 

2008–2009

4609

 

194.6

244.1

 

Coastal Lowlands

 

464

13.6

100.9

141.6

 

Coastal Uplands

 

758

11.1

146.9

199.7

 

Coastal Siskiyous

 

203

9.2

216.9

191.7

 

Inland Siskiyous

 

78

1.2

180.8

210.3

 

Mid-Coastal Sedimentary

 

2369

24.5

235.2

302.1

 

Northern Franciscan Redwood Forest

 

28

0.7

333.7

361.7

 

Southern Oregon Coastal Mountains

 

670

37.8

178.3

195.4

 

Umpqua Interior Foothills

 

39

1.7

128.5

187.5

Colville

 

2008

347

 

86.1

111.1

 

High Northern Rockies

 

10

2.3

67.6

57.4

 

Okanogan-Colville Xeric Foothills

 

73

1.0

55.5

83.4

 

Okanogan Highland Dry Forest

 

265

5.4

97.9

123.4

Deschutes

 

2009–2010

2572

 

80.2

82.2

 

Cascade Crest Montane Forest

 

60

1.1

12.6

13.9

 

Cascade Subalpine/Alpine

 

508

25.5

114.1

91.9

 

Grand Fir Mixed Forest

 

78

3.1

88.1

58.1

 

Ponderosa Pine/Bitterbrush Woodland

 

74

2.6

125.7

108.1

 

Pumice Plateau

 

1020

9.3

70.4

84.2

 

Pumice Plateau Basins

 

515

31.0

90.5

100.5

 

Deschutes River Valley

 

317

7.8

47.5

51.7

  1. Further details on lidar acquisitions in Additional file 1