Comparison of a forest process model (3-PG) with growth and yield models to predict productivity at Bago State Forest, NSW

Australian Forestry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-122

  Tickle, P K ^a   Coops, N C ^b   Hafner, S D ^a  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest growth model; Forest productivity; GIS; Landscape scale; Physiological processes; Site index; Spatial

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST PROCESS MODELS;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0035360222     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2001.10676174     Document Type: Article

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