Stem taper functions for maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-186

  Rojo, A ^a   Perales, X ^a   Sanchez Rodriguez F ^a   Alvarez Gonzalez J G ^a   von Gadow, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Multicollinearity; Taper functions

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOMETRY; STEM; TREE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 27844433062     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-005-0066-6     Document Type: Article

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