A site dependent simultaneous growth projection model for Pinus kesiya plantations in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 518-529

  Eerikäinen, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allometric relationship; Base age invariant; Growth and yield model; Nonlinear model; Parameter condition; System of equations

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROWTH PROJECTION MODELS;

FORESTRY;

PINUS KESIYA;

EID: 0036705838     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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