Modeling forest growth II. Biomass partitioning in Scots pine

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-89

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

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth; Partitioning; Pinus sylvestris; S system models; SWECON Project

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL MODEL; GROWTH;

PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0029661281     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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