Geographic variation and parameter assessment in generalized algebraic difference site index modelling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 107-119

  Bravo Oviedo, Andrés ^a   del Río, Miren ^a   Montero, Gregorio ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Parameter assessment; Pinus pinaster; Regional growth pattern

Indexed keywords

DUMMY VARIABLES; MODEL SPECIFICATION; PARAMETER ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL GROWTH PATTERN;

DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POLYMORPHISM;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH FORM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; POLYMORPHISM; REGIONAL PATTERN; SITE INDEX;

DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PINUS PINASTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 34447287832     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.034     Document Type: Article

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