Estimating individual tree growth with the k-nearest neighbour and k-most similar neighbour methods

Silva Fennica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 453-467

  Sironen, Susanna ^a   Kangas, Annika ^b   Maltamo, Matti ^a   Kangas, Jyrki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Local estimates; Non parametric models; Pine; Single tree growth models; Spruce

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH MODELING; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; TREE;

FINLAND; KUUSAMO COMMON FOREST;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0035680372     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.580     Document Type: Article

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