Aboveground woody biomass of natural birch woodland in Iceland – Comparison of two inventories 1987-1988 and 2005-2011

• Published in: Icelandic Agricultural Sciences
• Main Authors: Snorrason, Arnór, Jónsson, Þorbergur Hjalti, Eggertsson, Ólafur
• Other Authors: Auðlinda- og umhverfisdeild (LBHÍ), Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (AUI), Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands, Agricultural University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Agricultural University of Iceland 2019
• Subjects: Woody biomass; Mountain birch; Forestry; Nytjaskógar; Timbur; Birki; Vanda; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1339; https://doi.org/10.16886/IAS.2019.03

The only native tree species in Iceland forming woodland is the mountain birch. Since human settlement in the 9th century AD, natural birch woodlands have decreased from around 28% to 1.5% of the terrestrial area. In this paper we estimated and compared aboveground woody biomass stocks of two sample...