Comparison of decay classification, knife test, and two penetrometers for estimating wood density of coarse woody debris

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2313-2321

  Larjavaara, Markku ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECAY CLASS; MULTIPLE PEOPLE; NECROMASS; NEW DEVICES; SAMPLE AVERAGE; TRAINING TIME; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD DENSITY; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LOGGING;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST INVENTORY; LOGGING (TIMBER); PENETROMETER; SAMPLING;

EID: 78650458450     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-170     Document Type: Article

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