Site index in agroforestry systems: Age-dependent and age-independent dynamic diameter growth models for Quercus ilex in Iberian open oak woodlands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-113

  Gea Izquierdo, G ^a   Canellas I ^a   Montero, G ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ALGEBRA; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMIC DIAMETER GROWTH; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; OPEN STANDS;

FORESTRY;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAMETER; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH MODELING;

AGRONOMY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 39649091838     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-142     Document Type: Article

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