Site index equation for smallholder plantations of Gmelina arborea in Leyte Province, the Philippines

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-93

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a   Baynes, Jack ^b   Cedamon, Edwin ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Dendrometer; Gamar; Non industrial private forest; Parsimonious fit; Yemane

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SITE INDEX;

ASIA; EASTERN VISAYAS; EURASIA; LEYTE [(PRV) EASTERN VISAYAS]; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

GMELINA ARBOREA;

EID: 41149096662     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-008-9042-6     Document Type: Article

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