Estimating aboveground biomass for broadleaf woody plants and young conifers in Sierra Nevada, California, forests

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-209

  McGinnis, Thomas W ^a   Shook, Christine D ^b   Keeley, Jon E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Conifer; Foliage; Regression; Shrub

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; CONIFER; DESTRUCTIVE SAMPLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION; SHRUB; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHRUBS; SOFTWOODS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77957679221     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/25.4.203     Document Type: Article

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