The use of forest-derived specific gravity for the conversion of volume to biomass for open-grown trees on agricultural land

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1721-1731

  Zhou, Xinhua ^a   Brandle, James R ^a   Awada, Tala N ^a   Schoeneberger, Michele M ^b   Martin, Derrel L ^c   Xin, Ying ^d   Tang, Zhenghong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b USDA National Agroforestry Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cellulosic feedstock; Eastern redcedar; Green ash; Ponderosa pine; Windbreak

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; GREEN ASH; PONDEROSA PINES; RED CEDARS; WINDBREAK;

BIOMASS; BIOMETRICS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FEEDSTOCKS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CELLULOSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST CANOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; VOLUME;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CEDRELA; CELLULOSE; CHELATION; DENSITY; FORESTRY; PINUS PONDEROSA;

JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 79953288615     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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