Biomass models to estimate carbon stocks for hardwood tree species;Ecuaciones para la estimación de biomasa de frondosas en España

Forest Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-52

  Ruiz Peinado, R ^a,b   Montero, G ^a,b   del Rio, M ^a,b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Additivity; Belowground biomass; Biomass models; Carbon sequestration; Hardwood species

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CASTANEA SATIVA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; ILEX; OLEA EUROPAEA VAR. SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS; POPULUS X CANADENSIS; QUERCUS CANARIENSIS; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84860147951     PISSN: 21715068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/fs/2112211-02193     Document Type: Article

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