Using disaggregation to link individual-tree and whole-stand growth models

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 953-960

  Qin, Jianhua ^a   Cao, Quang V ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

GROWTH MODELS; PROPORTIONAL GROWTH; SURVIVAL PROBABILITY; TREE DIAMETER;

SOFTWOODS;

GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE; YIELD;

FORESTS; GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS; PROBABILITY;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33746031404     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X05-284     Document Type: Article

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