Application of ecological field theory in distance-dependent growth modelling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 161, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 101-107

  Miina, Jari ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition index; Ecological interference; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

ADDITIVE COMPETITION INDEX; DISTANCE-DEPENDENT GROWTH MODELLING;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH MODELING; INDEX METHOD; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0037093751     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00489-3     Document Type: Article

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