A review of the challenges and opportunities in estimating above ground forest biomass using tree-level models

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 326-335

  Temesgen, Hailemariam ^a   Affleck, David ^b   Poudel, Krishna ^a   Gray, Andrew ^c   Sessions, John ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass allometries; sampling error; uncertainity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; BIOMASS MEASUREMENTS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; SAMPLING ERRORS; UNCERTAINITIES;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84927912818     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2015.1012114     Document Type: Review

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