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Localisation of Biomass Potentials

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Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems ((MAFE,volume 26))

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The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of methods of estimating woody biomass from inventory information.

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  1. Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Anton Kunneke & Thomas Seifert

  2. Centre for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Group, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA

    Jan van Aardt

  3. BioCarbon Partners, Cape Town, South Africa

    Wesley Roberts

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Kunneke, A., van Aardt, J., Roberts, W., Seifert, T. (2014). Localisation of Biomass Potentials. In: Seifert, T. (eds) Bioenergy from Wood. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7448-3_2

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