Modelling juvenile-mature wood transition in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) using nonlinear mixed-effects models

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 831-841

  Mutz, Rüdiger ^a   Guilley, Edith ^b   Sauter, Udo H ^c   Nepveu, Gérard ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Juvenile adult transition point; Microdensitometry; Nonlinear mixed effects model; Pinus silvestris; Pith to bark wood density profile

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PINUS SILVESTRIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 14844300954     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004084     Document Type: Article

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