Modeling forest growth with management data: A matrix approach for the Italian Alps

Silva Fennica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-42

  Virgilietti, Paola ^a   Buongiorno, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Growth models; Italian Alps; Matrix models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008932557     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.a8508     Document Type: Article

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