Palau's forest resources, 2003

USDA Forest Service - Resource Bulletin PNW-RB

Volumn , Issue 252 PNW-RB, 2007, Pages 1-52

  Donnegan, Joseph A ^a   Butler, Sarah L ^a   Kuegler, Olaf ^a   Stroud, Brent J ^b   Hiserote, Bruce A ^a   Rengulbai, Kashgar ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Interior West Forest Inventory and Analysis ^*

Author keywords

Biomass; Damage; FIA; Forest inventory; Land cover; Palau; Volume

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DAMAGE; DATA MANAGEMENT; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESOURCE; ISLAND; LAND COVER;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

EID: 34247337686     PISSN: 07481284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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