Monitoring standing dead wood for carbon accounting in tropical savanna

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 631-638

  Fensham, R J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; DEAD WOOD; MONITORING; SAVANNA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 28644448855     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04109     Document Type: Review

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