Modelling diameter increment in a lowland evergreen rain forest in French Guiana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 269-289

  Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^a   Houllier, François ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental plots; Silviculture; Single tree distance dependent model; Tree growth; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; RAINFOREST;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0034214030     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00212-1     Document Type: Article

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