Above-ground biomass production and biomass equations for even-aged Gmelina arborea (ROXB) plantations in south-western Nigeria

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Onyekwelu, Jonathan C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Gmelina arborea; Nigeria; Plantation; Prediction equations

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

PLANTATION;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; HARVESTING; PLANTATION;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GMELINA; GMELINA ARBOREA;

EID: 0344664037     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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