Spatial methods for quantifying forest stand structure development: A comparison between nearest-neighbor indices and variogram analysis

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-49

  Kint, Vincent ^a   Van Meirvenne, Marc ^a   Nachtergale, Lieven ^b   Geudens, Guy ^b   Lust, Noël ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Belgium; Mark variogram; Pinus sylvestris; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

VARIOGRAMS;

FORESTRY; ECOSYSTEMS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

AUTO CORRELATION; BELGIUM; FOREST STAND STRUCTURE; MARK VARIOGRAM; NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAMS;

ANALYSIS; CAPACITY; DATA; DEVELOPMENT; FORESTS; HEIGHT; METHODS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0037314302     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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