%0 Research article
%T Relationship between biomass and percentage cover in understorey vegetation of boreal coniferous forests
%A Muukkonen, Petteri
%A Mäkipää, Raisa
%A Laiho, Raija
%A Minkkinen, Kari
%A Vasander, Harri
%A Finér, Leena
%D 2006
%J Silva Fennica
%V 40
%N 2
%R doi:10.14214/sf.340
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/340
%X In the present study, the aboveground biomass of the understorey  vegetation of boreal coniferous forests was modelled according to the  percentage cover. A total of 224 observations from 22 stands in upland  forests and 195 observations from 14 different studies in peatland  forests were utilized for the present analyses. The relationships  between biomass and percentage cover can be used in ecosystem and  carbon-cycle modelling as a rapid nondestructive method for estimation  of the aboveground biomass of lichens, bryophytes, herbs and grasses,  and dwarf shrubs in upland forests and bottom and field layers in  peatland forests.