Risk-based selection of forest regeneration methods

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Zhou, Wenchao ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Planting; Regeneration; Seed tree method; Stochastic optimization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FOREST RESOURCE; MODEL; REGENERATION;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0033535320     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00438-1     Document Type: Article

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