Variable-exponent taper equations for jack pine, black spruce, and balsam fir in eastern Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 39-53

  Sharma, Mahadev ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonlinear regression; Stand density; Thinning; Tree taper and form

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

JACK PINES; SEGMENTED POLYNOMIALS; TAPER EQUATIONS;

FORESTRY;

EQUATION; THINNING; TREE;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; ORGANIZATIONS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; LAMB; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 3543138347     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.035     Document Type: Article

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