Biomass equations for determining fractions of pendula and pubescent birches growing on abandoned farmland and some practical implications

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-238

  Johansson, T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abandoned farmland; Betula pendula Roth; Betula pubescens Ehrh; Biomass production; LAI; Natural regeneration; Pendula birch; Pubescent birch

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; BIOFUEL; FUEL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MEAN TREE TECHNIQUE;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTRY PRODUCTION;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0033066752     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(98)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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