Fitting irregular diameter distributions of forest stands by Weibull, modified Weibull, and mixture Weibull models

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-372

  Zhang, Lianjun ^a   Liu, Chuangmin ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diameter frequency distribution; Finite mixture model; Model fitting and comparison; Weibull function

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DIAMETER FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; FINITE MIXTURE MODELS; WEIBULL FUNCTIONS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERS;

EID: 33749334942     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-006-0218-7     Document Type: Article

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