Spatial dependence and individual-tree growth models. I. Characterising spatial dependence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 10-19

  Fox, Julian C ^a,b   Bi, Huiquan ^c   Ades, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Growth modelling; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GROWTH MODELING; MICRO-SITE VARIATION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION;

FORESTRY;

AUTOCORRELATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH MODELING;

COMPETITION; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS;

EID: 34248664399     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.025     Document Type: Article

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