Contemporary high resolution European forest structure assessed using tree-level National Forest Inventory data
Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Yasmin I Maximo, Ajdin Starcevic, Marco Patacca, Sara Filipek, Maximilian Schulte, Bas Lerink, Nicola Bozzolan · 2026
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Gert-Jan Nabuurs and colleagues harmonised tree level forest inventory data from eighteen European countries, covering over two hundred and fifty thousand plots, to map forest structure consistently. Plots were classed by whether one or many species dominate and whether trunk sizes cluster narrowly or spread widely, giving six structure types.
Single species dominance covered just over half the surveyed forest, and narrow size spread was the norm. Regular structure, narrow sizes with one or few species, covered about ninety four percent of forest area by their method. Small plot sizes and a trunk size floor inflate that tidy share, the authors note. Europes forests are far more uniform than natural forests would be.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Yasmin I Maximo, Ajdin Starcevic, Marco Patacca, Sara Filipek, Maximilian Schulte, Bas Lerink, Nicola Bozzolan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48146 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |