A comparison of carbon stock estimates and projections for the northeastern United States

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 206-213

  Maclean, Richard G ^a   Ducey, Mark J ^b   Hoover, Coeli M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon markets; Growth and yield; Model validation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

CARBON ACCUMULATION; CARBON MARKETS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; GROWTH AND YIELD; MODEL VALIDATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; USDA FOREST SERVICE;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY;

EID: 84897512085     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.12-072     Document Type: Article

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