Equations for predicting green weight of loblolly pine trees in the South

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Bullock, Bronson P ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Inventory; Mensuration; Pinus taeda; Taper functions; Tree weight functions

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

TAPER FUNCTIONS;

FORESTRY;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0041877571     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/27.3.153     Document Type: Article

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