Estimating aboveground tree biomass on forest land in the pacifc northwest: A comparison of approaches

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper PNW-RP

Volumn , Issue 584 PNW-RP, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Zhou, Xiaoping ^a   Hemstrom, Miles A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass equations; Component ratio method; Forest inventory; Jenkins equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862940028     PISSN: 08825165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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