A generalized height-diameter model including random components for radiata pine plantations in northwestern Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 202-213

  Castedo Dorado, Fernando ^a   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^b   Barrio Anta, Marcos ^b   Sánchez Rodríguez, Marina ^b   von Gadow, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Galicia; Mixed effects modelling; Pinus radiata; Structured and unstructured random components

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GALICIA; MIXED-EFFECTS MODELLING; STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED RANDOM COMPONENTS;

HARDWOODS;

CALIBRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PLANTATION;

CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS RADIATA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33646936115     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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