An Individual-Tree Growth and Yield Prediction System for Even-Aged Natural Shortleaf Pine Forests

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 203-211

  Lynch, Thomas B ^a   Hitch, Kenneth L ^a   Huebschmann, Michael M ^a   Murphy, Paul A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINUS ECHINATA;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PINUS ECHINATA; SHORTLEAF PINE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0033221102     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/23.4.203     Document Type: Article

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