Intrinsic units in growth modeling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-259

  Zeide, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equation parameters; Forest modeling; Fractal geometry; Growth prediction; Measurement units; Site quality

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; TREE;

EID: 2642548327     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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