Estimating net primary production of boreal forests in Finland and Sweden from field data and remote sensing

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Zheng, Daolan ^a,b   Prince, Stephen ^a   Hame, Tuomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Space Technology and Remote Sensing ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Above ground production; Annual mean stem volume increment; Grid cell; Increment; Litter fall; NPP

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; LITTERFALL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 2342565124     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02251.x     Document Type: Article

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