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Title: Description and prediction of individual tree biomass on pinon (Pinus edulis) in northern New Mexico

Authors: Loveall, Mark; Harrington, John T.

Date: 2008

Publication In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Shaw, John D.; Ford, Paulette L., compilers. 2008. Ecology, management, and restoration of pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops. Proceedings RMRS-P-51. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 28-34

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to gain reliable information on the distribution of aboveground biomass of an important component of the woodlands of north-central New Mexico, and to develop prediction equations that may be used to quickly compute biomass from relatively simple field measurements. Improved understanding of and ability to predict aboveground biomass distribution in open-grown pinon pine will provide a framework of information that will allow improved understanding of ecosystem processes.

Keywords: Pinon-juniper and juniper woodlands, ponderosa pine forests, ecology, management, restoration, southwestern United States

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Citation

Loveall, Mark; Harrington, John T. 2008. Description and prediction of individual tree biomass on pin;on (Pinus edulis) in northern New Mexico. In: Gottfried, Gerald J.; Shaw, John D.; Ford, Paulette L., compilers. 2008. Ecology, management, and restoration of pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems: combined proceedings of the 2005 St. George, Utah and 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico workshops. Proceedings RMRS-P-51. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 28-34