Height distributions of scots pine sapling stands affected by retained tree and edge stand competition

Silva Fennica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 473-486

  Siipilehto, Jouni ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Height distribution; Percentile prediction; Pinus sylvestris; Retention; Weibull function

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EDGE EFFECT; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PERCENTILE PREDICTION; WEIBULL FUNCTION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; EDGE EFFECT; HEIGHT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGENERATION; SAPLING; WEIBULL THEORY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RETENTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33749379967     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.331     Document Type: Article

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