Allometric models for aboveground biomass estimation of the mangrove Avicennia schaueriana

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 734, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-185

  Estrada, Gustavo Calderucio Duque ^a,b   Soares, Mário Luiz Gomes ^a   Santos, Daniel Medina Corrêa ^a   Fernandez, Viviane ^a   de Almeida, Paula Maria Moura ^a   Estevam, Marciel Rocha de Medeiros ^a   Machado, Maria Rita Olyntho ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Avicennia schaueriana; Biomass; Mangroves; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MANGROVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84901442738     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1878-5     Document Type: Article

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