Compatible stem volume and taper equations for Brutian pine, Cedar of Lebanon, and Cilicica fir in Turkey

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 147-151

  Brooks, John R ^a   Jiang, Lichun ^b   Ozçelik, Ramazan ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abies cilicica; Cedrus libani; Pinus brutia; Segmented models; Taper and volume

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SEGMENTED MODELS; TAPER AND VOLUME;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; EQUATION; MODELING; STEM; VOLUME;

ABIES CILICICA; BIODIVERSITY; CEDRUS LIBANI; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS BRUTIA;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

ABIES; ABIES CILICICA; CEDRUS; CEDRUS LIBANI; PINUS BRUTIA;

EID: 44749088656     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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