Branch characteristics of widely spaced Douglas-fir in south-western Germany: Comparisons of modelling approaches and geographic regions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1064-1079

  Hein, Sebastian ^a,b   Weiskittel, Aaron R ^c   Kohnle, Ulrich ^a  

^a Forest Research Institute of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Forest Sciences   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchiness; Douglas fir; Linear mixed models; Nonlinear mixed models; Timber quality; Wide spacing

Indexed keywords

BRANCHINESS; DATA SETS; DOUGLAS FIRS; DOUGLAS-FIR; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; GERMANY; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; NONLINEAR MIXED MODELS; TIMBER QUALITY; WIDE SPACING;

ALLOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; MODELING; SPACING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 49049112190     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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