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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.
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Muukkonen,
Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 18, FI-01301 Vantaa, Finland
E-mail:
petteri.muukkonen@metla.fi
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Mäkipää,
Finnish Forest Research Institute, Unioninkatu 40 A, FI-00170 Helsinki, Finland
E-mail:
rm@nn.fi
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Laiho,
Department of Forest Ecology, P.O. Box 24, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
E-mail:
rl@nn.fi
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Minkkinen,
Department of Forest Ecology, P.O. Box 24, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
E-mail:
km@nn.fi
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Vasander,
Department of Forest Ecology, P.O. Box 24, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
E-mail:
hv@nn.fi
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Finér,
Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 68, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
E-mail:
lf@nn.fi