Biomass equations for tropical forest tree species in mozambique

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 535-556

  Mate, Rosta ^a   Johansson, Tord ^b   Sitoe, Almeida ^a  

^a Department of Forest Engineering Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering UEM   (Mozambique)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Afzelia quanzensis; Basic density; Biomass; Chanfuta; Jambire; Millettia stuhlmannii; Miombo woodlands; Pterocarpus angolensis; Species specific; Umbila

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; STREAM FLOW;

AFZELIA QUANZENSIS; BASIC DENSITY; CHANFUTA; JAMBIRE; MILLETTIA STUHLMANNII; MIOMBO WOODLANDS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; SPECIES-SPECIFIC; UMBILA;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODLAND;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; STREAM FLOW;

MOZAMBIQUE;

AFZELIA QUANZENSIS; MILLETTIA; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS;

EID: 84902517062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5030535     Document Type: Article

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