Models for the estimation of single tree volume in four Miombo woodland types

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-37

  Abbot, P ^a   Lowore, J ^b   Werren, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Malawi; Miombo; Regression; Volume models

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION MODEL; MIOMBO WOODLAND; MODELLING; TREE VOLUME;

MALAWI;

JULBERNARDIA-BRACHYSTEGIA;

EID: 0030711005     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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