Analysis of productivity of radiata pine plantations under different silvicultural regimes using the 3-PG process-based model

Australian Forestry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-172

  Rodríguez, Rolando ^a   Espinosa, Miguel ^b   Real, Pedro ^b   Inzunza, Juan ^b  

^a Gerencia de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

3 PG model; Pinus radiata; Productivity; Radiata pine; Simulation; Site occupancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036757388     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2002.10674869     Document Type: Article

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