A generalized logistic model of individual tree mortality for aspen, white spruce, and lodgepole pine in Alberta mixedwood forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 283-291

  Yao, X ^a   Titus, S J ^a   MacDonald, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; INDIVIDUAL TREE MORTALITY; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS;

FORESTRY;

MODELING; MORTALITY; TREE;

CANADA;

PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0035063372     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-31-2-283     Document Type: Article

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