Predicting the vertical location of branches along Atlas cedar stem (Cedrus atlantica Manetti) in relation to annual shoot length

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 707-718

  Courbet, François ^a   Sabatier, Sylvie ^b   Guédon, Yann ^c  

^a French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Branch vertical location; Branching pattern; Cedrus atlantica; Hidden semi Markov chain

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; GROWTH; MARKOV CHAIN; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SHOOT GROWTH; STEM;

ATLAS CEDAR; CEDRUS; CEDRUS ATLANTICA;

EID: 36248985710     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007051     Document Type: Article

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