Forest biomass of China: An estimate based on the biomass-volume relationship

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1084-1091

  Fang, Jing Yun ^a,c   Wang, G Geoff ^b   Liu, Guo Hua ^c   Xu, Song Ling ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass density and estimation method; Biomass volume relationship; Carbon budget; China; Forest biomass; Forest inventory

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST;

CHINA;

EID: 0031766470     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1084:FBOCAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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