Foliage-sapwood area equations for balsam fir require local validation

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 566-570

  Gilmore, Daniel W ^a   Seymour, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown mass; Foliage; Projected leaf area; Silviculture; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

REGRESSION MODELS; SAPWOOD;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; LOGARITHMS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 4644233014     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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