Comparison of an empirical forest growth and yield simulator and a forest gap simulator using actual 30-year growth from two even-aged forests in Kentucky

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 385-398

  Yaussy, Daniel A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

NE TWIGS; Validation; ZELIG

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; MORTALITY; YIELD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034711968     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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