Effects of upper stem measurements on the predictive ability of a variable-exponent taper equation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1078-1083

  Kozak, Antal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0031762789     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-120     Document Type: Article

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