Biomass and biomass change in lodgepole pine stands in Alberta

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-831

  Monserud, Robert A ^a   Huang, Shongming ^b   Yang, Yuqing ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Permanent sample plots; Pinus contorta; Productivity; Smoothing splines

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEAD WOOD; ELEVATION; EQUATION; FOLIAGE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; LATITUDE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAPPING METHOD;

ALBERTA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33745683427     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.6.819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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