Individual-tree diameter growth and mortality models for bottomland mixed-species hardwood stands in the lower Mississippi alluvial valley

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 199, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 307-322

  Zhao, Dehai ^a   Borders, Bruce ^b   Wilson, MacHelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwoods; Distance independent; Individual tree growth model; Mixed species; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DIMATER GROWTH; MORTALITY MODELS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIGHT; MORTALITY; PLANTS;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444301750     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.05.043     Document Type: Article

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