Optimal diameter growth equations for major tree species of the Midsouth

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-10

  Bragg, Don C ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastwide Forest Inventory Database (EFIDB); Nonlinear regression; Potential relative increment (PRI); Sugarberry

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GROWTH EQUATIONS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

CELTIS LAEVIGATA;

EID: 0037322782     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/27.1.5     Document Type: Article

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