Idealisation and concretisation in construction of models applied to forest growth

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 179-185

  Hari, Pertti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ecosystem modelling; forest stand growth model; model construction; stand development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FOREST STAND MODEL; STAND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0029668380     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04967-3     Document Type: Article

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