Modeling individual-tree growth from data with highly irregular measurement intervals

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-208

  Nord Larsen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diameter; Difference equation; Fagus sylvatica; Height; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

SOIL TEXTURE VARIABLES; STAND ATTRIBUTES; TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; HEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORTALITY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33646204701     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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