Estimation of biomass in a neotropical forest of French Guiana: Spatial and temporal variability

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-96

  Chave, Jérôme ^a   Riéra, Bernard ^b   Dubois, Marc A ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

^c SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Allometric laws; Biomass estimation; Error propagation; French Guiana; Wet tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0035125750     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001055     Document Type: Article

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