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DRAFT

Manual for building tree volume and biomass allometric equations from field measurement to prediction

Nicolas Picard
Département Environnements et Sociétés
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

Laurent Saint-André
UMR Eco&Sols
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement &
UR1138 BEF
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

Matieu Henry
Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

August 2012

 

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Photo credit: Stephen Adu-Bredu (photo 3.5), Rémi D’Annunzio (photo 3.4, figure 3.2), Astrid Genet (photos 3.19, 3.20), Matieu Henry (photos 3.9, 3.14), Christophe Jourdan (photos 3.17, 3.18, figure 3.16), Bruno Locatelli (photo 1.2), Claude Nys (photo 3.7, figure 3.2), Régis Peltier (photo 3.10), Jean-François Picard (photo 3.21, figure 3.2), Michaël Rivoire (photos 3.3, 3.5, 3.20, figure 3.2), Laurent Saint-André (photos 1.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.9, 3.17, figure 3.2).

Recommended citation: Picard N., Saint-André L., Henry M. 2012. Manual for building tree volume and biomass allometric equations: from field measurement to prediction. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, and Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier, 215 pp.

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