Aboveground stand-level biomass estimation: A comparison of two methods for major forest species in northwest Spain

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 735-746

  Castedo Dorado, Fernando ^a   Gómez García, Esteban ^b   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^b   Barrio Anta, Marcos ^c   Crecente Campo, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aboveground stand biomass; Additivity; Biomass expansion factors; NWof Spain; Stand variables

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; STAND DYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84865974845     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0191-6     Document Type: Article

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