Estimating windthrow risk in balsam fir stands with the ForestGales model

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-332

  Ruel, J C ^a   Quine, C P ^b   Meunier, S ^a   Suarez, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

WINDTHROW RISK MODELS;

FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODELING; SILVICULTURE; WINDTHROW;

ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 20244390282     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc76329-2     Document Type: Article

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