Liana allometric biomass equations for Amazonian primary and secondary forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 69-83

  Gehring, C ^a   Park, S ^b   Denich, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomass estimation; Climbers; Diameter; Environmental variability; Leaf biomass; Length; Species' variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALLOMETRIC BIOMASS; LEAF BIOMASS;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; DIAMETER; EQUATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642582639     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.054     Document Type: Article

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