Modelling the diameter distribution of Pinus sylvestris, Pinus nigra and Pinus halepensis forest stands in Catalonia using the truncated Weibull function

Forestry

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 553-562

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

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ForEcoTechnologies   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMETER; FOREST INVENTORY; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE; WEIBULL THEORY;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33845236345     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpl037     Document Type: Article

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