Estimating forest biomass increment based on permanent sample plots in relation to woodfuel consumption: A case study in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-123

  Top, Neth ^a,b   Mizoue, Nobuya ^c   Kai, Shigetaka ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Forest inventory; Permanent sample plots; Sustainability; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WOOD FUELS;

FOREST BIOMASS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; WOODFUEL COLLECTIONS; WOODFUEL CONSUMPTION;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

EID: 2942593097     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-003-0064-9     Document Type: Article

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