A tool for estimating impacts of woody encroachment in arid grasslands: Allometric equations for biomass, carbon and nitrogen content in Prosopis velutina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-42

  McClaran, M P ^a   McMurtry, C R ^a,b   Archer, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Basal diameter; Canopy area; Canopy volume; Power function

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; ARID REGION; BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIAMETER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; NITROGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMASS; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SIZE; STEM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS VELUTINA;

EID: 84867370520     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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