Using longitudinal survival probabilities to test field vigour estimates in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1771-1779

  Hartmann, Henrik ^a   Beaudet, Marilou ^a   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Logistic model; Radial growth; Selection cut; Survival model

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; WETLANDS;

ACER SACCHARUM MARSH.; EXTERNAL-; FIELD CLASSIFICATIONS; FOREST DYNAMICS; LOGISTIC MODEL; LONGITUDINAL; RADIAL GROWTH; RADIAL GROWTHS; SELECTION CUT; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS; SUGAR MAPLES; SURVIVAL MODEL; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES; TEST FIELDS; TREE MORTALITIES;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DICOTYLEDON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; VIGOR;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 49749128134     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.045     Document Type: Article

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