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A Call to Improve Methods for Estimating Tree Biomass for Regional and National Assessments

Creator:

Weiskittel, Aaron R., MacFarlane, David W., Radtke, Philip J., Affleck, David L.R., Temesgen, Hailemariam, Woodall, Christopher W., Westfall, James A., and Coulston, John W.

Abstract:

Tree biomass is typically estimated using statistical models. This review highlights five limitations of most tree biomass models, which include the following: (1) biomass data are costly to collect and alternative sampling methods are used; (2) belowground data and models are generally lacking; (3) models are often developed from small...

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