Geostatistical analysis of regional differences in stem taper form of Pinus densiflora in central Korea

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-525

  Lee, Woo Kyun ^a   Biging, Greg S ^b   Son, Yowhan ^a   Byun, Woo Hyuk ^a   Lee, Kyeong Hak ^c   Son, Yeong Mo ^c   Seo, Jeong Ho ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climatic factors; Geostatistical analysis; Kriging; Regional differences; Stem form

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL PATTERN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

PINUS DENSIFLORA; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 33746433445     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0152-3     Document Type: Article

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