Enhanced possibilities for analyzing tree structure as provided by an interface between different modelling systems

Silva Fennica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Dzierzon, Helge ^a   Sievänen, Risto ^b   Kurth, Winfried ^c   Perttunen, Jari ^b   Sloboda, Branislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis tools; Forest growth; Mathematical models; Simulation systems; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOREST GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; TREE;

EID: 0242585491     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.510     Document Type: Article

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