Aboveground biomass equations for individual trees of Cryptomeria japonica, Chamaecyparis obtusa and Larix kaempferi in Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 299-306

  Hosoda, Kazuo ^a   Iehara, Toshiro ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Branch mass; Foliage mass; Regression model; Stem mass

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BRANCH MASS; FOLIAGE MASS; REGRESSION MODEL; STEM MASS;

BIOMASS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; FOLIAGE; POWER LAW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE STUMP;

BIOMASS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; ESTIMATES; FORESTRY; LARIX LEPTOLEPIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREAM FLOW;

JAPAN;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 77956915097     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-010-0192-y     Document Type: Article

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