Biomass estimation procedures in short rotation forestry

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 137-146

  Verwijst, Theo ^a   Telenius, Björn ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allometry; Dry weight; Leaf area; Non destructive sampling; Regression methods; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; METHODOLOGY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033180961     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00562-3     Document Type: Article

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