A method for classifying commercial tree species of an uneven-aged mixed species tropical forest for growth and yield model construction

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 89-99

  Atta Boateng, James ^a   Moser Jr , John William ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical discriminant; Cluster analysis; Ghana; Principal component

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031949245     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00243-0     Document Type: Article

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