The process-based stand growth model Formix 3-Q applied in a GIS environment for growth and yield analysis in a tropical rain forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 367-381

  Ditzer, T ^a   Glauner, R ^b   Forster M ^b   Kohler P ^a   Huth, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest growth model; Forest management planning; Lowland dipterocarp forest; Malaysia; Process based model; Simulation model; Site classification

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; RAINFOREST; YIELD;

DERAMAKOT FOREST RESERVE; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

EID: 0034162544     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.5-6.367     Document Type: Article

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