Circular statistical analysis of birch colonization and the directional growth response of birch and black cottonwood in south Iceland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Aradóttir, Ása L ^a   Robertson, Alexander ^b   Moore, Edward ^b  

^a Iceland Forest Research Station   (Iceland)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Birch; Black cottonwood; Circular statistics; Directional growth; Populus trichocarpa

Indexed keywords

BIRCH; BLACK COTTONWOOD; COLONIZATION; DIRECTIONAL GROWTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

ICELAND;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; SALICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 0030618313     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02385-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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