Constraining individual tree diameter increment and survival models for loblolly pine plantations

Forest Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 414-423

  Zhang, Shaoang ^a   Amateis, Ralph L ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth model; Pinus taeda; Simulation; Simultaneous system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030760413     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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