Effects of model choice and forest structure on inventory-based estimations of Puerto Rican forest biomass

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 250-268

  Brandeis, Thomas J ^a   Suárez Rozo, María del Rocío ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biomass; Forest inventory; Puerto Rico; R o Grande de Arecibo

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

EID: 24644469671     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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