Predicting basal area of Scots pine branches

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 351-362

  Mäkinen, Harri ^a   Mäkelä, Annikki ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Branchiness; Pinus sylvestris; Variation in branch properties; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATORS; WOOD;

BASAL AREA;

FORESTRY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0038044694     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00551-0     Document Type: Article

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