Estimating the quadratic mean diameters of fine woody debris in forests of the United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1088-1093

  Woodall, Christopher W ^a   Monleon, Vicente J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fine woody debris; Forest inventory; Fuels; Quadratic mean diameter

Indexed keywords

DOWNED WOODY DEBRIS; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT; FINE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST TYPE; GRAPHICAL ESTIMATION; MODEL FITTING; QUADRATIC MEAN DIAMETER; SAMPLING PROTOCOL; SITE-SPECIFIC; SIZE CLASS;

DEBRIS; ESTIMATION;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; FUELWOOD; GRAPHICAL METHOD; SHRUB; WOODY DEBRIS;

CARBON; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUELS; USA; WOOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955515772     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.036     Document Type: Article

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