Estimating stand-scale biomass, nutrient contents, and associated uncertainties for tree species of Canadian forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 599-608

  Paré, David ^a   Bernier, Pierre ^a   Lafleur, Benoit ^a,c   Titus, Brian D ^b   Thiffault, Evelyne ^a   Maynard, Doug G ^b   Guo, Xiaojing ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS EQUATIONS; CANADIAN FORESTS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NATIONAL DATABASE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SITE PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; NUTRIENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOLIAGE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PRECISION; TIMBER HARVESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 84880031595     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0454     Document Type: Article

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