Height-diameter curves with random intercepts and slopes for trees growing on drained peatlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-72

  Hökkä, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Height diameter curve; Norway spruce; Peatland forest; Pinus sylvestris; Random parameters

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT-DIAMETER CURVES; MODELLING; NORWAY SPRUCE; PUBESCENT BIRCH; SCOTS PINE; TREE HEIGHT;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULACEAE; PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0343907747     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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