Parameter estimation of base-age invariant site index models: Which data structure to use?

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-551

  Wang, Mingliang ^a   Borders, Bruce ^a   Zhao, Dehai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base age invariance; Difference method; Dummy variable method; Site index model

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGEBRAIC DIFFERENCE APPROACH (ADA); DIFFERENCE METHODS; HEIGHT CURVES; SITE INDEX PREDICTION;

FORESTRY;

ERRORS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PINUS; TREE DIMENSIONS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 35348863799     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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