Estimating species-specific wood density from the genus average in Indonesian trees

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-482

  Slik, J W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Genera; Indonesia; Life history; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; WOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33745916121     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003324     Document Type: Article

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