Assessing, mapping and quantifying the distribution of foliar biomass in Great Britain

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 838-856

  Stewart, Hope ^a   Hewitt, C N ^a   Bunce, R G H ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cover areas; Distribution; Foliar; Great Britain; Mapping; Plant species

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COVER AREAS; DISTRIBUTION; FOLIAR; FOLIAR BIOMASS; GREAT BRITAIN; MAPPING; PLANT SPECIES; TREE SPECIES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; MAPPING METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; LOLIUM PERENNE; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 48849096554     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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