Predicting stem volume to any height limit for native tree species in southern New South Wales and Victoria

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 318-331

  Bi, Huiquan ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corymbia spp.; Eucalyptus spp.; Trigonometric volume ratio equations

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HEIGHT; NATIVE SPECIES; STEM;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA;

CORYMBIA; EUCALYPTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033493574     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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