1. Foreste urbane: il respiro delle città
Preliminary results of forest monitoring

2. Sample areas
Tree level (trees,
shrubs)
species dendrometric
parameters
Tree height
DBH
Crown sizes
geographical
coordinates Dead wood
dead trees
snags /
stumps
Decay Class
Stand level
site characteristics
canopy cover
ALS layers
meteorological data
users preferences
tree growth
parameters

3. Dendrometric parameters
ADS NP_ha dg G H_med H_ins
PNM_14A 420 20,08 13,30 11,86 3,39
PNM_18C 340 22,40 13,40 13,99 4,93
PNM_1A 400 25,54 20,49 14,45 4,21
PNM_1D 260 25,88 13,68 13,29 2,77
PNM_23B 500 15,89 9,92 9,66 1,99
PNM_25A 640 15,02 11,35 11,29 4,89
maristella 680 13,48 9,70 10,43 3,77
boscoincittà 260 28,26 16,31 16,77 5,30
0
50
100
150
5 10 15 20 25 30
Frequency/ha
Diameter classes at 1.30 (cm)

4. To estimate carbon storage and
sequestration, quantitative and
qualitative parameters in four
carbon pools (above-ground bio-
mass, below-ground biomass, soil
and dead organic matter) were
collected in sample areas
allometric equations from IFNI
Carbon sequestration
Plot ID
Biomass
Mg ha-1 C above C below
Soil Organic
Carbon
1A 145,9 72,9 36,5 48,4
1D 106,9 53,5 26,7 52,1
2A Th 166,6 83,3 41,6 63,5
2A Unth 183,8 91,9 46,0 48,4
9A 53,6 26,8 13,4 102,8
14A 80,7 40,3 20,2 61,5
18C 89,4 44,7 22,4 62,7
23B 42,2 21,1 10,6 64,6
Bosco Fontana 60,4 30,2 15,1 61,8
Maristella 38,4 19,2 9,6 76,2

5. Carbon sequestration
0,0
20,0
40,0
60,0
80,0
100,0
120,0
140,0
160,0
180,0
200,0
1A 1D 2A Th 2A Unth 9A 14A 18C 23B 25A 28C
C(Mgha-1)
Biomass Mg ha-1 Soil Organic Carbon

6. Biodiversity
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6
8
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14
16
1A 1D 2A Th 2A Unth 9A 14A 18C 23B 25A 28C
Speciesrichness/annual
increase
Species richness Average annual increase (2012-year of planting)

7. Weather

8. Weather
Surface temperature of Parco Nord in full sun and the following conditions:
grass shadowed by a trees canopy with LAI=2
rainfed grass
irrigated grass
asphalt=30%; biuldings=40%; grass rainfed=30%
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
0 6 1218 0 6 1218 0 6 1218 0 6 1218 0 6 1218 0 6 1218 0 6 1218 0 6 1218
T[°c]
2013 June 30 - July 7 (sunny anticyclonic weather)

9. Dendrochronology
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
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2003
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1987
4d 2b 14a

10. Dendrochronology
4d 2b 14a

11. ALS data

12. Input data
Field data: 10 circular plots (13m radius)
 Diameter at breast height (DBH)
 Tree Height
 Crown width (4 axis)
LiDAR data:
 Laser scanner: Riegl LMS-Q680i
 Point density: 10/m2
 Pulse frequency: 290 kHz
 Mean number of returns: up to 7

13. Results

14. Results