A three-segmented model for the vertical distribution of annual ring area

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 177-194

  Courbet, François ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cedrus atlantica; Cross sectional ring area; Functional crown; Modelling; Stem form; Stem profile increment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033612520     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00522-2     Document Type: Article

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