Time-trajectory of mean phytomass and density during a course of self-thinning in a sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 104-110

  Ogawa, Kazuharu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptomeria japonica D. Don; Density; Mean stem volume; The 3 2 power law of self thinning; Time trajectory

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MEAN STEM VOLUME (W); PHYTOMASS; POWER LAW; SELF-THINNING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROWTH MODELING; PLANTATION; SELF THINNING;

CRYPTOMERIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; STEMS; THINNINGS;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 21444460434     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.067     Document Type: Article

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