Guidelines for choosing volume equations in the presence of measurement error in height

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 306-310

  Williams, M S ^a   Schreuder, H T ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TREE; VOLUME;

EID: 0034106738     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-215     Document Type: Article

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