Estimating diameter at breast height and basal diameter of trees from stump measurements in Nepal's lower temperate broad-leaved forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 75-84

  Khatry Chhetri, Deepak B ^a   Fowler, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter prediction; Regression analysis; Schimu Castanapsis forest; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011866706     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03663-6     Document Type: Article

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