Estimating plant biomass for undergrowth species of northeastern Minnesota forest communities.

Lewis F. Ohmann; David F. Grigal; Lynn L. Rogers

doi:10.2737/NC-GTR-61

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Estimating plant biomass for undergrowth species of northeastern Minnesota forest communities.

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Authors:

Lewis F. Ohmann, David F. Grigal, Lynn L. Rogers

Year:

1981

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-GTR-61

Source:

General Technical Report NC-61. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Biomass prediction equations were developed for some common ground cover plants from forest communities of northeastern Minnesota. The allometric function was used to predict biomass (dry weight) with ocular estimates of percent ground cover of the plant as the independent variable.

Keywords

wildlife habitat, nonlinear regression analysis, allometric relations, dry weight, plant ecology

Citation

Ohmann, Lewis F.; Grigal, David F.; Rogers, Lynn L. 1981. Estimating plant biomass for undergrowth species of northeastern Minnesota forest communities. General Technical Report NC-61. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station