A spatial statistical analysis of cork oak competition in two Portuguese silvopastoral systems

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1893-1903

  Paulo, Maria João ^a   Stein, Alfred ^a   Tomé, Margarida ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SILVICULTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PORTUGAL;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 0036940918     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-107     Document Type: Article

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