Additive prediction of aboveground biomass for Pinus radiata (D. Don) plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2301-2314

  Bi, Huiquan ^a,b   Long, Yushan ^c   Turner, John ^d   Lei, Yuancai ^e   Snowdon, Peter ^f   Li, Yun ^g   Harper, Richard ^h   Zerihun, Ayalsew ⁱ   Ximenes, Fabiano ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^d Forsci Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Perth Business Centre   (Australia)

ⁱ CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboveground stand biomass; Additive equations; Functions; Pinus radiata; Skedastic

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ABOVEGROUND STAND BIOMASS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS EQUATIONS; CARBON STOCKS; EXPANSION FACTORS; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH AND YIELD MODELS; IN-SITU; INDIVIDUAL TREE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; PINUS RADIATA; PREDICTION ACCURACY; RADIATA; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SCALING-UP; SPATIAL SCALE; STAND AGE;

BIOMASS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DIGITAL IMAGE; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; YIELD;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EQUATIONS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PINUS RADIATA; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 77952319325     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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