Modelling the impacts of various thinning intensities on tree growth and survival in a mixed species eucalypt forest in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2007-2017

  Kariuki, Maina ^a  

^a Land and Natural Resources Forest Resource Analysis and Modelling ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Diameter distribution; Diameter growth; Thinning intensity; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

DIES; KETONES; POLARIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION; DIAMETER GROWTH; THINNING INTENSITY; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN FOREST; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; THINNING;

DIES; FORESTRY; GROWTH; KETONES; POLARIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BAXTERI; EUCALYPTUS CONSIDENIANA; EUCALYPTUS RADIATA; EUCALYPTUS SIEBERI;

EID: 55749088030     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.035     Document Type: Article

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