Regional analysis of forest biomass at the rainforest/sclerophyll boundary in northern Queensland, Australia

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 31-41

  Ostendorf, Bertram ^a   Bradford, Matthew G ^b   Hilbert, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biomass; Climate change; General linear model; Generalized additive model; Spatial variability; Tall open forests; Topographic analysis; Wet sclerophyll (Eucalypt and Acacia species); Wet tropics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREE; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ACACIA;

EID: 8844253329     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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