Allometric Biomass, Biomass Expansion Factor and Wood Density Models for the OP42 Hybrid Poplar in Southern Scandinavia

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1332-1343

  Taeroe, Anders ^a,b   Nord Larsen, Thomas ^a   Stupak, Inge ^a   Raulund Rasmussen, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HedeDanmark A/S ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; BEF; Bioenergy; Forest carbon pools; Populus; Stem basic density

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EXPANSION; FORESTRY; LAKES;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BASIC DENSITY; BEF; BIO-ENERGY; FOREST CARBONS; POPULUS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84940954194     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9592-3     Document Type: Article

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