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

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

	Field plots									LiDAR transects
	RadamBrasil	RAINFOR	SL	INPA	TREES	PPBio	NFI^a	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

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
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
^aWe assume the plot sizes of the NFI (0.2 ha) for the plots of the forest concessions