An evaluation of some whole stand-level models for predicting multi-species basal area in a tropical rain forest

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-339

  Osho, J S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Basal area; Matrix model; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; RAINFOREST;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031440156     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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