Modeling forest growth I. Canonical approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-71

  Voit, Eberhard O ^a   Sands, Peter J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocation; Forest ecosystems; Growth; Partitioning; S system models

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL APPROACH; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; MODELLING;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0029661277     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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