Growing stock-based assessment of the carbon stock in the Belgian forest biomass

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 853-864

  Vande Walle, Inge ^a   Van Camp, Nancy ^a   Perrin, Dominique ^b   Lemeur, Raoul ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Van Wesemael, Bas ^c   Laitat, Eric ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aboveground and belowground biomass; Biomass expansion factor; Carbon content; Carbon stock; Forest inventory; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FOREST INVENTORY; WOOD;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 30444437045     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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