A basal area increment model for norway spruce in mixed stands in estonia

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-102

  Jõgiste, Kalev ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Basal area increment; Birch; Individual tree model; Norway spruce

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRCH; ESTONIA; FOREST; MODEL; PLANT GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0343852122     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580050160529     Document Type: Article

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