Flexible taper equation for site-specific management of Pinus radiata in New South Wales, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 79-91

  Bi, Huiquan ^a   Long, Yushan ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Model comparison; Prediction accuracy; Site specific management; Trigonometric variable form taper function

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYNOMIALS;

TRIGONOMETRIC TAPER EQUATIONS;

FORESTRY;

DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PREDICTION; STEM;

AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0035399748     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00526-0     Document Type: Article

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