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INT-GTR-129: Handbook for inventorying surface fuels and biomass
in the Interior West
Brown, James K.; Oberheu, Rick D.; Johnston, Cameron M. 1981. Handbook for inventorying surface fuels and biomass in the Interior West. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-129. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experimental Station. 48 p.
Presents comprehensive procedures for inventorying weight per unit area of living and dead surface vegetation, to facilitate estimation of biomass and appraisal of fuels. Provides instructions for conducting fieldwork and calculating estimates of downed woody material, forest floor litter and duff, herbaceous vegetation, shrubs, and small conifers. Procedures produce the most accurate estimates in the Interior West; however, techniques for herbs, litter, and downed woody material are applicable anywhere. Includes computer program and card punching instructions for processing inventory data.
Keywords: sampling, forest floor estimation, shrub estimation, grass and forb estimation, forest fuel estimation
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Title: INT-GTR-129:
Handbook for inventorying surface fuels and biomass in the Interior
West
Publish Date: February 19, 2008
Last Update: February
19, 2008