Adjustment of the age-height relationship for uneven-aged black spruce stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2003-2012

  Ouzennou, Hakim ^a   Pothier, David ^a   Raulier, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); LOUDSPEAKERS;

AKAIKE'S INFORMATION CRITERION (AIC); DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; DIVERSITY INDICES; DOMINANT HEIGHT; QUEBEC , CANADA; SITE INDEX; SPRUCE STANDS; UNEVEN AGED; UNEVEN AGED STANDS;

FORESTRY;

AGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; HEIGHT; MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 47649128032     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-044     Document Type: Article

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