Estimating aboveground carbon storage by China-fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) trees

Taiwan Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-280

  Yen, Tian Ming ^a   Huang, Kai Luo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon concentration; Carbon storage; China fir; Mathematical functions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA PROCESSING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CARBON CONCENTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA-FIR; MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; CARBON; CONCENTRATION; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; TREES;

CUNNINGHAMIA; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA;

EID: 33746360549     PISSN: 10264469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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