An evaluation of spatial dependency in juvenile loblolly pine stands using stem diameter

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-108

  Bullock, Bronson P ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Competition; Pinus taeda; SAR; Simultaneous autoregressive

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

JUVENILE FOREST STANDS; PLANTING DENSITY; SIMULTANEOUS AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL (SAR); STEM DIAMETERS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS TAEDA; PLANTATIONS; PLANTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEMS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 18044394610     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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