Top-down growth modelling: A prototype for poplar plantations in Italy

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 161, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 65-73

  Corona, Piermaria ^a   Marziliano, Pasquale Antonio ^b   Scotti, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest growth and yield modelling; Forest plantations; I 214 clone; Populus x euroamericana; Top down approach

Indexed keywords

STAND BASAL AREA GROWTH EQUATIONS; TOP-DOWN GROWTH MODELLING;

FIBERS; INVENTORY CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MANAGEMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

ITALY;

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0037093767     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00481-9     Document Type: Article

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