Modelling height development of mature Nothofagus obliqua

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Salas, Christian ^a   García, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast height age; Chile; Growth models; Roble; Site index; Stem analysis; Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BREAST-HEIGHT-AGE; CHILE; GROWTH MODELS; ROBLE; SITE INDEX; STEM-ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

HARDWOODS;

EQUATION; HEIGHT; PLANT; POLYMORPHISM; STEM;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOTHOFAGUS OBLIQUA;

NOTHOFAGUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 33646939081     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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