A growth model for secondary forest in Central Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 270-282

  Neeff, Till ^a,b   Dos Santos, João Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Basal area; Biomass; Brazil; Carbon; Ecological modeling; Forest growth; Forest height; Growth model; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AMAZON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST GROWTH; FOREST HEIGHT; GROWTH MODEL;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; GROWTH MODELING; SECONDARY FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE;

BASAL AREA; BRAZIL; CARBON; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SECONDARY FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944446734     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.039     Document Type: Article

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