Regional aboveground biomass equations for North American arid and semi-arid forests

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-135

  Návar, José ^a   Ríos Saucedo, Julio ^b   Pérez Verdín, Gustavo ^a   Rodríguez Flores, F de Jesús ^c   Domínguez Calleros, Pedro A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c Universidad Politecnica de Durango   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biogeochemicals; Biomass; Dry lands; Semi empirical and empirical equations; Theoretical

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; ARID REGION; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DRY FOREST; LEGUME; SEMIARID REGION; STAND STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84879697548     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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