A non-destructive method for estimating above-ground forest biomass in threatened woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Montes N ^a   Gauquelin, T ^a   Badri, W ^b   Bertaudiere V ^a   Zaoui, El H ^c  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle   (France)

^b HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Biomass; Computer method; Juniper; Morocco; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGROFORESTRY;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGROFORESTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD;

JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

EID: 0034193897     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00188-7     Document Type: Article

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