Assessing the above-ground biomass of a complex tropical rainforest using a canopy crane

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Liddell, Michael J ^a   Nieullet, Nicolas ^a,b   Campoe, Otávio C ^a,c   Freiberg, Martin ^a,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Allometric equation; Canopy crane; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CRANE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE TRIBULATION; QUEENSLAND;

ACMENA GRAVEOLENS; ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; APOCYNACEAE; ARECACEAE; CLEISTANTHUS; ENDIANDRA MICRONEURA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRIANTHUS; MYRISTICA INSIPIDA; MYRISTICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NORMANBYA NORMANBYI;

EID: 33846558490     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01736.x     Document Type: Article

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