Forest biomass variation in Southernmost Brazil: The impact of Araucaria trees;Variación de la biomasa forestal en el sur de Brasil: Impacto de los árboles de Araucaria

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 359-372

  Rosenfield, Milena Fermina ^a   Souza, Alexandre F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon stock; Deciduous forests; Indirect methods; Regression model; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTOLOGY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84901006198     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v62i1.7923     Document Type: Article

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