Development of equations for predicting Puerto Rican subtropical dry forest biomass and volume

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Brandeis, Thomas J ^a   Delaney, Matthew ^b   Parresol, Bernard R ^a   Royer, Larry ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Delaney Forestry Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive models; Biomass; Caribbean; FIA; Puerto Rico; Stem volume; Subtropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS (AGB); ADDITIVE MODELS; PUERTO RICO; SUBTROPICAL DRY FOREST;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DRY FOREST; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST INVENTORY; MONITORING;

BIOMASS; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

BUCIDA BUCERAS; BURSERA SIMARUBA; BURSERACEAE;

EID: 33747085129     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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