A correction model for estimating jack pine tree-level lumber recovery accurately using forest inventory data

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Tong, Q J ^a,c   Zhang, S Y ^b,c  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOREST INVENTORY MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR MODELS;

FORESTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TREES;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 42149089832     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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