Multinomial logit estimation of a matrix growth model for tropical dry forests of eastern Bolivia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2623-2632

  Boltz, Frederick ^a   Carter, Douglas R ^b  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC (MNL); PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS (PSP); TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

FORESTRY;

DRY FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST HEALTH; GROWTH MODELING; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MATRIX; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; STAND DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BOLIVIA; CHIQUITANIA FOREST; CONCEPCION [SANTA CRUZ]; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846297324     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-155     Document Type: Article

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