Prediction models for estimating total heights of trees from diameter at breast height measurements in Nepal's lower temperate broad-leaved forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 177-186

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbed forests; Height prediction; Height diameter relationships; Middle hills of Nepal; Schima Castanopsis forests

Indexed keywords

CASTANOPSIS; SCHIMA; SCHIMA WALLICHII; FAGACEAE;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT; DISTURBANCE; HEIGHT PREDICTION; HUMAN IMPACT; MODELLING; TREE HEIGHT;

NEPAL;

EID: 0030220407     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03726-7     Document Type: Article

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