Scaling of tree height and trunk diameter as a function of ring number

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-48

  Prothero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Model; Ring number; Scaling; Tree height

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TREE HEIGHT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

QUERCUS; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 0032745387     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050006     Document Type: Article

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