Allometric regressions for improved estimate of secondary forest biomass in the central Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 149-167

  Nelson, Bruce W ^a   Mesquita, Rita ^a   Pereira, Jorge L G ^b   Garcia Aquino De Souza, Silas ^c   Teixeira Batista, Getulio ^b   Bovino Couto, Luciana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Amazon; Biomass; Carbon; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; SECONDARY FOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033577799     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00475-7     Document Type: Article

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