Modelling the temporal variation in the seed production of North American trees

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-75

  Greene, D F ^a   Johnson, E A ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEED;

PERIODICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

MODELING; SEED PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

EID: 1842734980     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-188     Document Type: Article

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