Individual tree models for the crown biomass distribution of Scots pine, Norway spruce and birch in Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 455-467

  Tahvanainen, Timo ^a   Forss, Eero ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Branch biomass; Chapman Richards; Crown length model; Cumulative crown biomass model; Dead branch height model; Energy wood; Mixed model; Needle biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD;

BRANCH BIOMASS; CROWN LENGTH MODEL; CUMULATIVE CROWN BIOMASS MODEL; DEAD BRANCH HEIGHT MODEL; ENERGY WOOD; MIXED MODELS; NEEDLE BIOMASS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MODELING; NUTRIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WOOD;

BETULA; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 39149104641     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.035     Document Type: Article

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