Site index model for Pinus sylvestris in north-east Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-47

  Palahi M ^a   Tome M ^b   Pukkala, T ^c   Trasobares, A ^a   Montero, G ^d  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hossfeld equation; Non linear difference equations; Pinus sylvestris; Scots pine; Site classification

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SITE SELECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DYNAMIC EQUATION; POLYMORPHS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; SILVICULTURE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0346689066     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00312-8     Document Type: Article

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