Predicting tree mortality from diameter growth: A comparison of maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 156-167

  Wyckoff, Peter H ^a,b   Clark, James S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; WOOD;

ACER RUBRUM; CORNUS FLORIDA; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; TREE;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CORNUS; CORNUS FLORIDA;

EID: 0034097191     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-198     Document Type: Article

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