Incorporation of climatic indices into models of growth of Pinus radiata in a spacing experiment

New Forests

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-123

  Snowdon, Peter ^a   Woollons, Richard C ^b   Benson, Martin L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basal area growth; BIOMASS; Height growth; Process based models; Rainfall; Schumacher model; Volume growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC INDICES; PINUS RADIATA;

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; MODEL; SPACING;

EID: 0032168467     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006524609459     Document Type: Article

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