Testing allometric equations for prediction of above-ground biomass of mallee eucalypts in southern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 1005-1015

  Paul, Keryn I ^a,b   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^a,b   Ritson, Peter ^f   Brooksbank, Kim ^f,g   England, Jacqueline R ^a,c   Larmour, John S ^a,b   John Raison, R ^a,b   Peck, Adam ^h   Wildy, Dan T ⁱ   Sudmeyer, Rob A ^f   Giles, Rick ^h   Carter, Jenny ^a,d   Bennett, Rick ^a,d   Mendham, Daniel S ^a,e   Huxtable, Dan ^h   Bartle, John R ^h  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b not available   (Australia)

^c not available   (Australia)

^d not available   (Australia)

^e not available   (Australia)

^f Fares Rural Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^g not available   (Australia)

^h DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

ⁱ Fares Rural Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboveground; Allometry; Eucalyptus kochii; Eucalyptus loxophleba; Eucalyptus polybractea; Generalised equations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORECASTING; RAIN; REFORESTATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ABOVEGROUND; ALLOMETRY; EUCALYPTUS KOCHII; EUCALYPTUS LOXOPHLEBA; EUCALYPTUS POLYBRACTEA; GENERALISED EQUATIONS;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; PREDICTION; REFORESTATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS KOCHII; EUCALYPTUS LOXOPHLEBA; EUCALYPTUS POLYBRACTEA;

EID: 84888132917     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.040     Document Type: Article

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