Modeling dominant height growth based on nonlinear mixed-effects model: A clonal Eucalyptus plantation case study

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-21

  Calegario, Natalino ^a   Daniels, Richard F ^b   Maestri, Romualdo ^a   Neiva, Rodolfo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Height growth; Mixed effects model

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; GENETIC VARIATIONS;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MODELING; HEIGHT; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 10944221318     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.051     Document Type: Article

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