Structure, allometry, and biomass of plantation Metasequoia glyptostroboides in Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 287-301

  Williams, Christopher J ^a   LePage, Ben A ^a   Vann, David R ^a   Tange, Takeshi ^b   Ikeda, Hiroyuki ^b   Ando, Makoto ^c   Kusakabe, Tomoko ^d   Tsuzuki, Hayato ^d   Sweda, Tatsuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Branch allometry; Dawn redwood; Taxodiaceae

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; VEGETATION; WOOD;

ALLOMETRY;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CONIFEROUS TREE; PLANTATION;

JAPAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; METASEQUOIA; METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES; SEQUOIA; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0037625239     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00567-4     Document Type: Article

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