Accuracy and bias on the estimation of aboveground biomass in the woody vegetation of the Sonoran Desert

Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 625-633

  Búrquez, Alberto ^a   Martínezp Yrízar, Angelina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carbon storage; Dimension analysis; Drylands; Thornscrub

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLOMETRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUBLAND; WOODY PLANT;

SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 80052865840     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b11-050     Document Type: Article

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