Scaling growth relationships from seedling plots using similarity analysis

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-195

  Amateis, Ralph L ^a   Sharma, Mahadev ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential equations; Experimentation; Loblolly pine; Mesocosm studies; Microcosm studies; Pinus taeda

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

SEEDLING PLOTS;

SEED;

FORESTS; PINUS; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0037386385     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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