<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>A method for estimating above-ground biomass in Phragmites stands</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">P.</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Kauppi</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">J.</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Selkainaho</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">P.</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Puttonen</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The method involves measuring the shoot height distribution of the Phragmites australis population. Shoot height is transformed to shoot dryweight by means of an empirical model. Summing the converted dry weight of all the shoots gives an approximation of the yield.</mods:abstract><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">1983</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>