Allometric equations for estimating carbon stocks in natural forest in New Zealand

Forests

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 818-839

  Beets, Peter N ^a   Kimberley, Mark O ^a   Oliver, Graeme R ^a   Pearce, Stephen H ^a   Graham, J Doug ^a   Brandon, Andrea ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for the Environment New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Above ground tree biomass; Hardwood; Podocarp; Root systems; Stem volume; Tree fern biomass; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; HARDWOODS;

FERN BIOMASS; PODOCARP; ROOT SYSTEM; STEM VOLUME; TREE BIOMASS; WOOD DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOLIAGE; ROOT SYSTEM; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; WOOD DENSITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 84893352740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f3030818     Document Type: Article

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