Calibrating predicted tree diameter distributions in Catalonia, Spain

Silva Fennica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 487-500

  Palahí, Marc ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^b   Trasobares, Antoni ^c  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c ForEcoTechnologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calibration estimation; Parameter prediction; Weibull function

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCIES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BASAL-AREA-WEIGHTED MEAN DIAMETER; CALIBRATION ESTIMATION;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CALIBRATION; DIAMETER; ERROR ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TREE;

BASAL AREA; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FORESTS; FREQUENCIES; PROBABILITY;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33749382278     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.332     Document Type: Article

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