Modelling canopy fuel variables in Pinus pinaster Ait. and Pinus radiata D. Don stands in northwestern Spain

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-172

  Gómez Vázquez, Ibán ^a   Crecente Campo, Felipe ^a   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^a   Castedo Dorado, Fernando ^b  

^a Escuela Politécnica Superior   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy base height; Canopy bulk density; Maritime pine; Radiata pine; Vertical canopy fuel distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

PINUS PINASTER; PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84878480118     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0245-9     Document Type: Article

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