Close relationship between diameters at 30cm height and at breast height (DBH)

Acta Amazonica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-75

  Gehring, Christoph ^a   Park, Soojin ^b   Denich, Manfred ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Amazonia; Biomass estimation; Measuring standard; Thin shoots

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349101065     PISSN: 00445967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0044-59672008000100008     Document Type: Article

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