A comparison of estimation methods for fitting Weibull and Johnson's S B distributions to mixed spruce-fir stands in northeastern North America

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1340-1347

  Zhang, Lianjun ^a   Packard, Kevin C ^b   Liu, Chuangmin ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LINEAR REGRESSION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; DIAMETER FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; INDEX METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIXED FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIAMETER; FORESTS; PICEA RUBENS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 15944367137     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-054     Document Type: Article

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