Age-related equations for above- and below-ground biomass of a Eucalyptus hybrid in Congo

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 199-214

  Saint André, Laurent ^a   M'Bou, Armel Thongo ^b   Mabiala, André ^b   Mouvondy, Welcome ^b   Jourdan, Christophe ^a   Roupsard, Olivier ^c   Deleporte, Philippe ^b   Hamel, Olivier ^a   Nouvellon, Yann ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Pointe Noire Congo ^*  (Congo)

^c Espiritu Santo Vanuatu   (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

Additivity; Allometry; Heteroscedasticity; Root

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

AGE-RELATED EQUATIONS; BIOMASS EQUATIONS; HETEROSCEDASTICITY;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYBRID;

BIOMASS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 11444266951     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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