A site model for Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) stands using a dynamic algebraic difference equation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-99

  Carvalho, João P ^a   Parresol, Bernard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR STATISTICS; FUNCTIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AUTOCORRELATIONS; DYNAMIC SITE EQUATION; SITE-INDEX ESTIMATIONS; SITE-QUALITY ESTIMATIONS;

FORESTRY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWTH MODELING; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

CORRELATION; DATA BASES; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 19744368017     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-155     Document Type: Article

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