Spatial continuity of tree attributes in bottomland hardwood forests in the Southeastern United States

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 532-540

  Dimov, Luben D ^a   Chambers, Jim L ^a   Lockhart, Brian Roy ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross variogram; Geostatistics; Spatial dependence; Variogram

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

CROSS-VARIOGRAM; GEOSTATISTICS; SPATIAL DEPENDANCE; VORIOGRAM;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 29144521791     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/51.6.532     Document Type: Article

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