Estimation of biomass and sequestered carbon on farm forest plantations in northern New South Wales, Australia

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-379

  Specht, A ^a   West, P W ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SciWest Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass; Carbon; Farm forestry; Sequestration; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY;

FOREST PLANTATION;

BIOMASS;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0042355341     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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