Crown-Diameter Prediction Models for 87 Species of Stand-Grown Trees in the Eastern United States

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-278

  Bechtold, William A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown diameter; Crown width; Largest crown width; Tree crown modeling

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CROWN WIDTH; TREE CROWN MODELING;

FORESTRY;

CROWNS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242612010     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/27.4.269     Document Type: Article

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