Canopy area and aboveground mass of individual redberry juniper (Juniperus pinchotii) Trees

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-195

  Ansley, R J ^a   Mirik, M ^a   Surber, B W ^a   Park, S C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allometry; bioenergy; brush management; carbon stocks; remote sensing; woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGY; CANOPY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LINEARITY; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PINCHOTII;

EID: 84858958316     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00112.1     Document Type: Article

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