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Table 4 Sampled area of forest inventory plots and LiDAR transects in the Brazilian Amazon forest biome

From: Evaluating spatial coverage of data on the aboveground biomass in undisturbed forests in the Brazilian Amazon

 

Field plots

LiDAR transects

RadamBrasil

RAINFOR

SL

INPA

TREES

PPBio

NFIa

TEAM

Total

SL

EBA

Total

Plots per network

1362

105

473

1374

49

458

1394

136

5351

 

LiDAR transects

 

70 sites

720

 

% of plots from the total number of plots

25

2

9

26

1

9

26

3

100

 

Area (ha)

1362

405

115

1374

17

458

279

136

4145

44,764

575,094

619,858

Total forest area (ha)

        

313,917,200

% of area from the total forest area

0.00043

0.00013

0.00004

0.00044

0.00001

0.00015

0.00009

0.00004

0.00132

0.014

0.183

0.197

% of total area (plots and LiDAR)

0.20

           
  1. The number of plots for INPA, PPBio and RadamBrasil refers to those with location information. In the case of the NFI, are those measured or in the process of measurement and 192 plots of forest concessions
  2. RAINFOR Amazon forest inventory network, SL sustainable landscapes, TEAM tropical ecology, assessment and monitoring, INPA National Institute of Amazon Research, PPBio research program for biodiversity, TREES Tropical Ecosystems and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, NFI National Forest Inventory, EBA improving biomass estimation methods for the Amazon
  3. aWe assume the plot sizes of the NFI (0.2 ha) for the plots of the forest concessions