A method of selecting data points for fitting the maximum biomass-density line for stands undergoing self-thinning

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-359

  Bi, Huiquan ^a   Turvey, Nigel D ^b,c  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ForBio Systems Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary condition; Maximum biomass density line; Selection of data points; Self thinning

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444399747     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00683.x     Document Type: Article

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