Regional mixed-effects height-diameter models for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-262

  Trincado, Guillermo ^a   VanderSchaaf, Curtis L ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Height diameter relationship; Linear mixed effects model; Pinus taeda

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; PLANTATION; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33947703134     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-006-0141-7     Document Type: Article

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