Realizing opportunities in forest growth modelling

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 536-541

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; MANAGERS;

FOREST GROWTH MODELS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH MODELING; SILVICULTURE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE;

EID: 0038193635     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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