Biomass equations for sixty-five North American tree species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-24

  Ter Mikaelian, Michael T ^a   Korzukhin, Michael D ^b  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Institute of Global Climate and Ecology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Branch biomass; Dry weight; Foliage biomass; Stem bark biomass; Stem wood biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS EQUATION; TREE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030687937     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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