Models of tree-level hollow incidence in Victorian State forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2846-2857

  Fox, Julian C ^a   Hamilton, Fiona ^b   Ades, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Sustainability and Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavities; Forest management; Generalised linear mixed model; Hollow; Victoria

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GENERALISED LINEAR MIXED MODEL; STATEWIDE FOREST RESOURCE INVENTORY (SFRI);

FORESTRY;

DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GUIDELINE;

FORESTRY; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 41949142142     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.060     Document Type: Article

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