Aboveground biomass of Tectona grandis plantations in Costa Rica

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 199-213

  Cordero, L D Pérez ^a   Kanninen, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Allometric models; Crown diameter; Intensive management; Stand density

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; VEGETATION; WOOD;

ALLOMETRIC MODELS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; STEMS; TECTONA;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 0037224974     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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