Self-thinning exponents based on the allometric model in Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.) and Prince Rupprecht's larch (Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr) stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 87-93

  Xue, Li ^a   Ogawa, Kazuharu ^a   Hagihara, Akio ^b   Liang, Shoulong ^c   Bai, Jingping ^c  

^a Lab of Molecular Biotechnology   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Traffic Planning Surveying and Designing Institute of Shanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Allometric exponent; Chinese pine; Prince Rupprecht's larch; Self thinning boundary line; Stem volume packing; Weller's allometric model

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; POWER RELATIONS;

LARIX PRINCIPISRUPPRECHTII; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS;

EID: 0033577795     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00472-1     Document Type: Article

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