Single tree biomass and volume functions for young Siberian larch trees (Larix sibirica) in eastern Iceland

Meddelanden fran Lunds Universitets Geografiska Institutioner, Avhandlingar

Volumn , Issue 182, 2009, Pages 125-135

  Bjarnadottir, Brynhildur ^a,b   Inghammar, Anna Cecilia ^c   Brinker, Mona Maria ^d   Sigurdsson, Bjarni D ^c  

^a Icelandic Forest Research   (Iceland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass functions; Needle biomass; Root biomass; Stem volume

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BARK; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; PLANTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA;

EID: 67650742589     PISSN: 03466787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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