Selecting a functional form for anamorphic site index curve estimation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 211-221

  Nanang, David M ^a   Nunifu, Thompson K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Dept of Renewable Natural Resources   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Log log model; Neem; Schumacher model; Site index curves; Spillman function; Teak; Transcendental function

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FOREST; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MODELING; SITE INVESTIGATION;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 0033553809     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00501-5     Document Type: Article

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