Assessment of allometric algorithms for estimating leaf biomass, leaf area index and litter fall in different-aged Sitka spruce forests

Forestry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-465

  Tobin, Brian ^a   Black, Kevin ^a   Osborne, Bruce ^a   Reidy, Brian ^a   Bolger, Tom ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALGORITHM; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LITTERFALL; STAND STRUCTURE;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 33748873893     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpl030     Document Type: Article

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