Provisional equations for estimating total and merchantable volume of tectona grandis trees in costa rica

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-359

  Cordero, Luis Diego PÉrez ^a   Kanninen, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Regression analysis; Stem form factor; Variable top diameter; Variable top height

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 1142305352     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2003.9752470     Document Type: Article

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