Estimating the wood density of species for carbon stock assessments

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-220

  Flores, Olivier ^a   Coomes, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Data base; Global Wood Density; Phylogenetics; Trait conservatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864934223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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