Allometric equations for estimating the aboveground volume of five common urban street tree species in Daegu, Korea

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-349

  Yoon, Tae Kyung ^a   Park, Chan Woo ^a   Lee, Sun Jeoung ^a   Ko, Suin ^a   Kim, Kyung Nam ^b   Son, Yeongmo ^b   Lee, Kyung Hak ^b   Oh, Suhyun ^a   Lee, Woo Kyun ^a   Son, Yowhan ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon storage; Laser dendrometer; Settlement; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; STREET CANYON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN FORESTRY;

SOUTH KOREA; TAEGU [SOUTH KOREA];

ACER; ACER BUERGERIANUM; GINKGO BILOBA; PLATANUS ORIENTALIS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS X YEDOENSIS; ZELKOVA SERRATA;

EID: 84881541953     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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