Modelling stand basal area growth for radiata pine plantations in Northwestern Spain using the GADA

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 609-619

  Castedo Dorado, Fernando ^a   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^b   Barrio Anta, Marcos ^c   Álvarez Gonzàlez, Juan Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Escuela Universitaria de Ingenierías Técnicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dummy variables method; Generalized algebraic difference approach; Stand basal area initialization; Stand basal area projection; Thinning effect

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLANTATION; STAND DYNAMICS; THINNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 34948842514     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007039     Document Type: Article

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