Use of stump diameter to estimate diameter at breast height and tree volume for major pine species in El Salto, Durango (Mexico)

Forestry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-40

  Corral Rivas, José Javier ^a   Barrio Anta, Marcos ^b   Aguirre Calderón, Oscar Alberto ^c   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SIZE STRUCTURE; TREE STUMP; TREEFALL;

DURANGO; EL SALTO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846602708     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpl048     Document Type: Article

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