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ReviewEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2021

Past and present individual-tree damage assessments of the US national forest inventory.

KaDonna C Randolph, Kerry Dooley, John D Shaw, Randall S Morin, Christopher Asaro, Marin M Palmer

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Review in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

KaDonna C RandolphSouthern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Knoxville, TN, USA. kadonna.c.randolph@usda.gov.
Kerry DooleySouthern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Knoxville, TN, USA.
John D ShawRocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Ogden, UT, USA.
Randall S MorinNorthern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, York, PA, USA.
Christopher AsaroForest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Marin M PalmerPacific Northwest Region (R6), USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying the signs and symptoms of pathogens, insects, and other biotic and abiotic agents provides valuable information about the absolute and relative impacts of different types of damage across the forest landscape. In the USA, damage collection protocols have been included in various forms since the initiation of state-level forest surveys in the early twentieth century; however, changes in the protocols over time have made it difficult for the data to be used to its full potential. This article outlines differences in protocols across inventory regions, changes in protocols over time, and limitations and utility of the data so that those interested in using the US national forest inventory database will better understand what data are available and how they have been and can be used.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesTreesEnvironmental MonitoringForestsAbiotic damageBiotic damageForest health monitoringNational forest inventoryTree damage

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