Evaluation of sampling design on taper equation performance in plantation-grown Pinus banksiana

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-370

  Newton, Peter F ^a   Sharma, Mahadev ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area and total stem volume; Diameter; Dimensional compatible variable exponent; Disk selection protocol; Segmented polynomial and modified variable exponent taper equations

Indexed keywords

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SAMPLING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BOREAL FORESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA AND TOTAL STEM VOLUME; DATA SETS; DIAMETER; DIMENSIONAL COMPATIBLE VARIABLE-EXPONENT; DISK SELECTION PROTOCOL; JACK PINE TREES; LACK-OF-FIT; PINE PLANTATIONS; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAMPLING SCHEMES; SEGMENTED POLYNOMIAL AND MODIFIED VARIABLE-EXPONENT TAPER EQUATIONS; TOTAL STEM VOLUME;

FORESTRY;

DESIGN; DISKS; FORESTRY; LEGISLATION; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; SAMPLING; TREES;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 49949083811     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580801995349     Document Type: Article

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