Aboveground biomass estimation at different scales for subtropical forests in China

Abstract Background The accurate estimation of forest biomass at different scales is the critical step in the assessment of forest carbon stocks. We used three models at increasing scales: allometric model at ecoregional scale (model 1), dummy variable allometric model at both ecoregion and regional...

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Main Authors: Shunlei Peng, Nianpeng He, Guirui Yu, Qiufeng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-11-01
Series:Botanical Studies
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40529-017-0199-1