Estimating biomass and soil carbon change at the level of forest stands using repeated forest surveys assisted by airborne laser scanner data

Table 5 Turnover rates for individual biomass components

	\(RF\)	\(FL\)	\(BR\)	\(DB\)	\(RC\)
Spruce	0.6	0.143	0.0125	0.0125	0.0125
Pine	0.6	0.33	0.027	0.027	0.027
Birch	0.6	1	0.025	0.025	0.025

\(SW\)stem wood, \(RF\) fine roots, \(FL\) foliage, \(BR\) branches, \(DB\) dead branches, \(RC\) coarse roots, \(SU\) stump, and \(SB\) stem bark; the rates are expressed as an yearly proportion and are a result of estimated lifetime (e.g. lifetime of pine needles is approx. 3 years, thus the yearly turnover rate of 0.33). The values were compiled in Peltoniemi, Mäkipää [65] and de Wit, Palosuo [66]

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