Estimating volumes and costs of forest biomass in Western Montana using forest inventory and geospatial data

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Loeffler, Dan ^a   Calkin, David E ^b   Silverstein, Robin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESTORATION; GEOSPATIAL DATA; HARVEST RESIDUES;

BIOMASS; FUELS; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUELS; REFORESTATION;

EID: 33745934465     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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