Analyzing the effects of stand thinning on microclimates with semiparametric smoothing splines

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1641-1648

  Guan, Biing T ^a   Weng, Shih Hao ^a   Kuo, Shing Rong ^a   Chang, Tsung Yi ^a   Hsu, Hsin Wu ^a   Shen, Chieh Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SEMIPARAMETRIC SMOOTHING SPLINES; STAND THINNING; TEMPORAL RESPONSE;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROCLIMATE; MODELING; SMOOTHING; TEMPORAL RECORD; THINNING;

DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCLIMATES; THINNING;

EID: 33748912964     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-057     Document Type: Article

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