Biomass equations for castanea sativa high forest in the northwest of portugal

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 693, Issue , 2005, Pages 727-732

  Patricio, M S ^a   Monteiro, M L ^a   Tome, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Allometric models; Sweet chestnut

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952322046     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.693.98     Document Type: Conference Paper

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