National-scale biomass estimators for United States tree species

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-35

  Jenkins, Jennifer C ^a,b   Chojnacky, David C ^a   Heath, Linda S ^a   Birdsey, Richard A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Forest biomass; Forest inventory; Global carbon cycle

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS; BUDGET CONTROL;

BIOMASS ESTIMATES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ESTIMATION; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS; COST CONTROL; FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; ALLOMETRIC REGRESSIONS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST CARBONS; FOREST INVENTORY; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; LARGE-SCALES; REGRESSION EQUATION; TREE SPECIES;

EID: 0037311909     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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