Adaptation of Hagihara's competition - Density theory for practical application to natural birch stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 7-20

  Stankova, Tatiana ^a   Shibuya, Masato ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition density theory; Growth parameter; Mean height; Natural birch stand; Self thinning line

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASYMPTOTIC STAND DENSITY;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELF THINNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

BETULA; BETULA ERMANII; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA VAR. JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0344928451     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00260-3     Document Type: Article

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