Models to predict time since death of Picea abies snags

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-260

  Storaunet, Ken Olaf ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Dead trees; Decay classification; Dendrochronology; Norway spruce; PRESS statistic; Snags

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

BARK COVER; SNAG; SOUTH-CENTRAL NORWAY;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 3042697280     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580410024142     Document Type: Article

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