Aboveground and belowground biomass and sapwood area allometric equations for six boreal tree species of northern Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1441-1450

  Bond Lamberty, B ^a   Wang, C ^a   Gower, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EXTRAPOLATION;

SAPWOOD;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; EQUATION;

CANADA;

BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; LAMB; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALIX;

EID: 0036445017     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-063     Document Type: Article

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