Modeling mortality of second-rotation loblolly pine plantations in the Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain and Lower Coastal Plain of the southern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 132-143

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference mortality equation; Generalized logistic regression; Loblolly pine plantation; Mortality; Second rotation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENCE MORTALITY EQUATION; GENERALIZED LOGISTIC REGRESSION; LOBLOLLY PINE PLANTATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; MORTALITY; PLANTATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SITE EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 35449003288     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.030     Document Type: Article

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