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Overview

Göran Ståhl is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. The scientist's research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on the application of remote sensing technologies and LiDAR in forest and agricultural ecosystems.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad area, their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Insect Science

Göran Ståhl's work addresses several primary research topics, notably:

  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping

The scientist has contributed to multiple research articles published mainly in these venues:

  • Forest Ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Remote Sensing

Recent notable publications include:

  • "GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space" (2022, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "Mapping aboveground biomass and its prediction uncertainty using LiDAR and field data, accounting for tree-level allometric and LiDAR model errors" (2020, Forest Ecosystems)
  • "Characterizing Uncertainty in Forest Remote Sensing Studies" (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • "Estimating aboveground biomass density using hybrid statistical inference with GEDI lidar data and Paraguay's national forest inventory" (2023, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "Comparing frameworks for biomass prediction for the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation" (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Göran Ståhl's research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Svetlana Saarela
  • Erik Næsset
  • Terje Gobakken
  • Ronald E. McRoberts
  • Zhengyang Hou

Best Publications

  • Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

    Georges Kunstler;Georges Kunstler;Daniel Falster;David A. Coomes;Francis Hui

  • Combining national forest inventory field plots and remote sensing data for forest databases

    Erkki Tomppo;Håkan Olsson;Göran Ståhl;Mats Nilsson

  • Adapting National Forest Inventories to changing requirements - the case of the Swedish National Forest Inventory at the turn of the 20th century

    Jonas Fridman;Sören Holm;Mats Nilsson;Per Nilsson

  • Wood-inhabiting cryptogams on dead Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees in managed Swedish boreal forests

    Nicholas Kruys;Clas Fries;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Tomas Lämås

  • GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space

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  • Model-assisted estimation of biomass in a LiDAR sample survey in Hedmark County, NorwayThis article is one of a selection of papers from Extending Forest Inventory and Monitoring over Space and Time.

    Timothy G. GregoireT.G. Gregoire;Göran StåhlG. Ståhl;Erik NæssetE. Næsset;Terje GobakkenT. Gobakken

  • Model-based inference for biomass estimation in a LiDAR sample survey in Hedmark County, Norway

    Göran StåhlG. Ståhl;Sören HolmS. Holm;Timothy G. GregoireT.G. Gregoire;Terje GobakkenT. Gobakken

  • Model-assisted regional forest biomass estimation using LiDAR and InSAR as auxiliary data: A case study from a boreal forest area

    Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken;Svein Solberg;Timothy G. Gregoire

  • Functions for below-ground biomass of Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Betula pendula and Betula pubescens in Sweden

    Hans Petersson;Göran Ståhl

  • Model-assisted estimation of change in forest biomass over an 11year period in a sample survey supported by airborne LiDAR: A case study with post-stratification to provide ``activity data''

    Erik Næsset;Ole Martin Bollandsås;Terje Gobakken;Timothy G. Gregoire

  • National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS)--scope, design, and experiences from establishing a multiscale biodiversity monitoring system.

    Göran Ståhl;Anna Allard;Per-Anders Esseen;Anders Glimskär

  • Use of models in large-area forest surveys: comparing model-assisted, model-based and hybrid estimation

    Göran Ståhl;Svetlana Saarela;Sebastian Schnell;Sören Holm

  • Individual tree biomass equations or biomass expansion factors for assessment of carbon stock changes in living biomass – A comparative study

    Hans Petersson;Sören Holm;Göran Ståhl;David Alger

  • Combining UAV and Sentinel-2 auxiliary data for forest growing stock volume estimation through hierarchical model-based inference

    Stefano Puliti;Svetlana Saarela;Terje Gobakken;Göran Ståhl

  • Estimating biomass in Hedmark County, Norway using national forest inventory field plots and airborne laser scanning

    Terje Gobakken;Erik Næsset;Ross Nelson;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • State of Europe's forests, 2011: status & trends in sustainable forest management in Europe

    Anna Barbati;Annemarie Bastrup-Birk;Tanya Baycheva;Camille Bonhomme

  • Estimation of the biomass stock of trees in Sweden: comparison of biomass equations and age-dependent biomass expansion factors

    Anneli Jalkanen;Raisa Mäkipää;Göran Ståhl;Aleksi Lehtonen

  • A STAGE‐BASED MATRIX MODEL FOR DECAY‐CLASS DYNAMICS OF WOODY DEBRIS

    Nicholas Kruys;Bengt Gunnar Jonsson;Göran Ståhl

  • Forest biomass estimation over three distinct forest types using TanDEM-X InSAR data and simulated GEDI lidar data

    Wenlu Qi;Svetlana Saarela;John Armston;Göran Ståhl

  • A Three-step Approach for Modelling Tree Mortality in Swedish Forests

    Jonas Fridman;Göran Ståhl

  • State of Europe's forests 2015

    Iciar Alberdi Asensio;Tanya Baycheva-Merger;Alain Bouvet;Michele Bozzano

  • Coarse Woody Debris

    Goran Stahl;C. Andrew Dolloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Næsset
Erik Næsset Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Timothy G. Gregoire
Timothy G. Gregoire Yale University
Ronald E. McRoberts
Ronald E. McRoberts University of Minnesota
Terje Gobakken
Terje Gobakken Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Bengt Gunnar Jonsson
Bengt Gunnar Jonsson Mid Sweden University
Emil Cienciala
Emil Cienciala Czech Academy of Sciences
Ross Nelson
Ross Nelson Goddard Space Flight Center
Erkki Tomppo
Erkki Tomppo University of Helsinki
Gherardo Chirici
Gherardo Chirici University of Florence
Piermaria Corona
Piermaria Corona The Canadian Real Estate Association

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